3.4% ▼ -35.7%
Lower than 83% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Queanbeyan · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Queanbeyan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people rely on public transport in Queanbeyan compared to most similar areas. The city is heavily dependent on cars, with only 0.8% of workers using transit to get to their jobs. This reflects a strong reliance on private vehicles for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as only 3.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 9.2%. Most households own at least two vehicles, with 39.9% having two and another 25.9% owning three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Queanbeyan, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant choice, with 68.4% of workers commuting as a driver. Only 10.5% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%, while public transport use is very low at 0.8%.
10.5% ▲ +190.1%
Lower than 70% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 3.18 stops per 1,000 people, far below the state average of 5.27. Weekly departures are also much lower than the state figure, and the network is almost entirely based on buses.
206
Lower than 61% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.18
Lower than 73% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
299.1
Lower than 67% of sub-region (sa3) 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).
29
Higher than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Queanbeyan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10102/queanbeyan/topic/transport