6.1% ▼ -34.6%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Queanbeyan - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Queanbeyan - East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people use public transport in Queanbeyan - East than in most similar areas. The region is heavily reliant on cars, with 70.4% of working residents driving themselves to work. Only 1.1% of the workforce uses public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own at least one car, and 31.3% have two. Only 6.1% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen by 3.2 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Queanbeyan - East, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is much less common here than in the rest of Australia, where only 8% of people do so. Public transport use for work is also a little below the national figure of 3.1%.
8.0% ▲ +260.6%
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -40.6%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
Public transport options are limited, with only 16 stops and 5 routes serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
16
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.15
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
137.5
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
5
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a stop is difficult for many, as the typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes 26 minutes, which is much higher than in most areas.
26
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Queanbeyan - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101021010/queanbeyan-east/topic/transport