10.3% ▼ -18.9%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Canberra East · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Canberra East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes in Canberra East are without a car than in 2011, but the area still sees a high proportion of car-free households. While 10.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, the area struggles with public transport use for commuting, which has fallen to 0.0%. This creates a contrast between the high number of available transit stops and how people actually travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the ACT figure of 5.6% and a little above the national figure. Nearly half of all households (46.2%) have one vehicle, while 27.6% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Canberra East, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting has fallen to 0.0%, which is well below the national figure. Most people drive themselves to work (57.9%), while 10.3% work from home, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
10.3% ▲ +162.8%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
The area has 13.44 stops per 1,000 people and 2,524.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people, both of which are far above the ACT figures. All these services are provided by buses, as there are no trains, trams, or ferries.
26
Lower than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
13.44
Higher than 99% 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).
2,524.8
Higher than 92% 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).
10
Lower than 80% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 24 minutes to drive to the city, which is around the middle for similar areas. However, the walk to the nearest stop takes 67 minutes, among the highest times for this level.
67
Higher than 95% of sub-region (sa3) 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.
24
Lower than 56% of sub-region (sa3) 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)).
- 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 Canberra East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/80103/canberra-east/topic/transport