6.7% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Deakin · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Deakin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has surged in Deakin, rising by 8.4 percentage points since 2011 to reach 15%. This shift occurs in a suburb where the typical household now owns two cars and the drive to the city is very short, taking only 7 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 41.3% owning two. About 6.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the ACT figure and higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Deakin splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the most common way to get to work at 57.1%. While 15% of people work from home, which is well above the ACT figure, those using public transport have fallen to 2.5% since 2011.
15.0% ▲ +129.0%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.5% ▼ -39.3%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 2.5%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Deakin has a high number of bus stops and departures per person, far above the ACT average. However, the number of people reachable within 30 or 45 minutes by transit is smaller than in most other areas.
41
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
13.12
Higher than 89% 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).
2,521.8
Higher than 86% 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).
15
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
6,334
Lower than 86% 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).
20,559
Lower than 70% 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).
45
Lower than 74% 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.
The drive time to the city is among the lowest for similar areas at just 7 minutes. A typical resident can walk to their nearest transport stop in about 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 57% 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.
7
Lower than 95% 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 Deakin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801061062/deakin/topic/transport