4.2% ▼ -32.2%
Lower than 87% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Capital Region · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Capital Region
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer households without a car have been recorded in the Capital Region since 2011, with only 4.2% of homes now lacking a vehicle. This reliance on cars is reflected in the way people travel, as the vast majority of workers drive to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in the region have at least one car, and 38.4% have two. The 4.2% of homes without a vehicle is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Capital Region, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.5% of workers use public transport, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%. While 12.0% of people now work from home, this is far below the New South Wales rate of 31.0%.
12.0% ▲ +85.6%
Lower than 53% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -34.8%
Lower than 85% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Public transport is limited, with 3.94 stops per 1,000 people, which is well below the state average of 5.27. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are also far below the New South Wales figure.
940
Lower than 58% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.94
Lower than 73% of region (sa4) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
156.6
Lower than 86% of region (sa4) 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).
93
Higher than 68% of region (sa4) 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 Capital Region [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/101/capital-region/topic/transport