1.7% ▼ -21.2%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Banks · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Banks
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people live without a car in Banks than in most other areas, with only 1.7% of homes lacking a vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in the daily commute, as 70.9% of workers drive themselves to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here has a car, and the typical household owns two vehicles. Only 1.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the ACT figure of 5.6% and the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Banks, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is much less common here than in most areas, at 7.1%, though this is up from 1.3% in 2011. While 2.7% of people use public transport to get to work, this is slightly below the ACT average of 4.6%.
7.1% ▲ +456.6%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.7% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 is limited to buses, and the transit time to the city is among the highest for similar areas at 88 minutes. Despite this, there are 5.69 stops per 1,000 people, which is about the same as the ACT average.
29
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.69
Higher than 69% 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).
1,047.1
Higher than 59% 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).
4
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
18,100
Higher than 57% 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).
30,397
Lower than 61% 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).
88
Higher than 99% 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.
A short 3-minute walk to the nearest stop is lower than in most areas. The drive time to the city is 22 minutes, which is around the middle for similar places.
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.
22
Lower than 55% 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 Banks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801071071/banks/topic/transport