Lismore · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Lismore

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

Nearly two-thirds of working residents in Lismore (L) (Vic.) drive themselves to work. Most households rely on at least one car, though a growing number of people now live without any motor vehicle. This shift is seen in the local vehicle data, where the proportion of car-free homes has risen since 2011.

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📍 Lismore, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have one or two cars, but 7.7% of households now have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than in most similar areas and represents a rise of 7.7 percentage points since 2011.

7.7% ▲ —

Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 3.5%
  • 2021: 7.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Lismore, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (12%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here commutes by public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. While 10.2% of people work from home—a rise since 2011—this is still far below the Victorian average of 25.7%.

10.2% ▲ +72.9%

Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.9%
  • 2016: 7.5%
  • 2021: 10.2%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Lismore, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 12%.

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 Lismore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222044/lismore/topic/transport