1.2% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cambridge · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cambridge
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.2% of homes in Cambridge lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below both the state and national averages. This high level of car ownership defines the area, where the vast majority of residents rely on their own transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 39.6% owning two vehicles and 16.6% owning four or more. Only 1.2% of homes have no vehicle, which is much lower than the 7.4% national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cambridge, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 1 vehicle (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 66.5% of people as the main driver. Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 8.3%.
8.3% ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -30.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 some of the highest levels of service, with 20.63 stops per 1,000 people and 1,656 weekly departures—both far above the Tasmanian average. However, these bus services don't seem to translate into accessibility, as zero people are reachable within 45 minutes by transit.
30
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.
20.63
Higher than 93% 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).
1,656.1
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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A quick 17-minute drive gets residents into the city, which is much faster than in most similar areas. In contrast, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 29 minutes, which is longer than for most people.
29
Higher than 66% 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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 Cambridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60090/cambridge/topic/transport