Lancefield · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Lancefield

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Far more households in Lancefield own cars than in most similar areas. Only 1.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This high level of car ownership reflects the area's reliance on private transport for daily travel.

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📍 Lancefield, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here have multiple cars, with 42.8% owning two and 17.6% owning three. This level of ownership has remained steady since 2011, with very few households lacking a vehicle.

1.6% ▼ -11.3%

Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.8%
  • 2016: 4.6%
  • 2021: 1.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Lancefield, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home has risen to 19.8% since 2011, though this is still well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%. Most people rely on cars to get to work, while public transport use has fallen to just 0.4%.

19.8% ▲ +138.8%

Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 8.3%
  • 2016: 3.3%
  • 2021: 19.8%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.4% ▼ -94.5%

Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.7%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.4%

Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.

How people get to work

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In Lancefield, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 23%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Lancefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215046/lancefield/topic/transport