12.7% ▲ +158.5%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Laverton · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Laverton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more households in Laverton (L) lack a car than in most other areas, with 12.7% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well above the state figure of 5.0% and has risen sharply since 2011. The area relies heavily on driving and walking for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. Most households have one car (44.9%), while 22.9% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Laverton, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (25%) and No vehicle (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work has climbed to 7.5%, a figure well above the 3.1% national average. Meanwhile, only 3.8% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
3.8% ▼ -52.5%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.5% ▲ —
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 7.5%
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.
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 Laverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522039/laverton/topic/transport