3.5% —
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people are working from home in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional than in 2016, though the area remains heavily reliant on cars. Very few homes get by without a vehicle, with just 3.5% lacking one. This highlights a strong dependence on private transport for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 39.8% having two and 10.4% owning four or more. This means far fewer homes are without a vehicle compared to the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 68.4% of people, while only 0.8% use public transport. Working from home rose to 10.4% since 2016, but this is still far below the national figure of 21%.
10.4% —
Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% —
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 203 public transport stops, which is more than about 73% of similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure, and almost all services are buses.
203
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.21
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
305.2
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
25
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16490/queanbeyan-palerang-regional/topic/transport