Lockington · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Lockington

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

More people in Lockington (L) live without a motor vehicle than in most similar areas. While the usual home has two cars, there is a growing trend of car-free living. This shift is seen in the 7.1% of households without a vehicle, a figure that has risen since 2011.

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📍 Lockington, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here have at least one car, with 38.7% owning two and 34.8% owning one. However, the 7.1% of households with no motor vehicle is much higher than in most similar areas, despite being about the same as the state and national figures.

7.1% ▲ +155.5%

Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.8%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 2021: 7.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Lockington splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 65.9% of residents, while no one uses public transport. More people work from home here than in most similar areas, though at 10.4% this is far below the Victorian and national figures.

10.4% ▲ +169.6%

Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 10.4%

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 Lockington, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

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 Lockington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222046/lockington/topic/transport