7.4% ▲ +78.5%
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gungahlin · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Gungahlin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the workforce in Gungahlin drives to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While car use is high, the area is better connected to the city than most, with a very high number of weekly public transport departures compared to the rest of the territory.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the national figure but a little above the ACT average. This is a rise from 2011, when only 4.2% of households were without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gungahlin, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (8%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is 9.1%, which is well above both the territory and national figures. This stands in contrast to working from home, which at 8.8% is far below the Australian average.
8.8% ▲ +316.0%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
9.1% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 9.1%
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.
Gungahlin has a much higher number of weekly departures per 1,000 people than the territory average. It is also very well connected, with 118,997 people reachable within 45 minutes by transit, a figure larger than about 75% of similar areas.
35
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.08
Lower than 54% 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).
1,829.0
Higher than 80% 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).
14
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
41,332
Higher than 83% 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).
118,997
Higher than 75% 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).
40
Lower than 81% 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.
Travel to the city is quite fast, with a typical drive time of 14 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Most residents also live very close to transport, with a typical 3-minute walk to the nearest stop.
3
Lower than 71% 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.
14
Lower than 77% 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 Gungahlin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801041040/gungahlin/topic/transport