Strathnairn · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Strathnairn

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

Not a single home in Strathnairn lacks a motor vehicle, making it one of the most car-dependent areas in the region. This reliance on private transport is clear in the daily routine, with 65% of the workforce driving themselves to work.

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📍 Strathnairn, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every household owns a car, with 47.3% having two vehicles and 35.3% having one. This means the proportion of homes without a vehicle is well below the national figure.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Strathnairn, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (37%) and 3 vehicles (10%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is far below the national figure at 8.7%, and only 3% of people use public transport to get to work, which is about the same as the Australian average.

3.0%

Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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 Strathnairn, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 11%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

While the area has a little more stops per 1,000 people than the ACT average, it only has one bus route. This results in a transit time to the city that is among the highest for similar areas.

5

Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

7.00

Higher than 83% 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).

1,372.5

Higher than 70% 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).

714

Lower than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

714

Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

86

Higher than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting into the city is a slow process, with a drive time of 62 minutes. It is also much harder to access transit on foot, as the walk to the nearest stop takes about 16 minutes.

16

Higher than 76% 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.

62

Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.

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)).
  • Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
  • 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 Strathnairn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801011143/strathnairn/topic/transport