14.6% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Canterbury · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Canterbury
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people in Canterbury work from home than in the rest of the country, with 41% doing so. This area has a strong link to the city, featuring a very short drive time of just 14 minutes and a high number of public transport routes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Around 14.6% of homes in Canterbury have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. Most households rely on a single vehicle, which is the case for 52.7% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Canterbury, 1 vehicle is the majority at 53%; 2 vehicles is next at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 41%, a figure far above the 21% seen across Australia. Using public transport to get to work is also well above the state average at 6.2%.
41.0% ▲ +1573.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 41.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.2% ▼ -72.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 6.2%
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 highly accessible with 1,683.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the New South Wales figure. There are 36 stops and 13 routes, making it one of the largest networks at this level.
36
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.82
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,683.9
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality 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).
13
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
95,383
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality 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).
345,061
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality 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).
41
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality 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 area is very well connected, with a walk to the nearest stop taking only 1 minute. This is much lower than most other areas.
1
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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.
14
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality 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 Canterbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10796/canterbury/topic/transport