8.8% ▼ -30.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Queanbeyan · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Queanbeyan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Daily travel in Queanbeyan is heavily reliant on cars, though the area offers a high number of transport options compared to similar places. While most residents drive, those without cars are slightly more common here than across Australia, with 8.8% of homes having no vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure. Half of all households keep one car, while nearly 30% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Queanbeyan, 1 vehicle is the majority at 50%; 2 vehicles is next at 29%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 67.7% as the driver. Working from home is far less common here than in the rest of the state, with only 7.5% of workers doing so.
7.5% ▲ +338.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
Queanbeyan has 24 public transport routes and 29 stops, which are among the largest counts for this type of area. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the New South Wales figure.
29
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.52
Higher than 76% 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).
875.3
Higher than 85% 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).
24
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to the nearest stop is easier here than in most similar areas, with a typical walk of just 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
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 Queanbeyan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13304/queanbeyan/topic/transport