2.7% ▼ -14.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Aranda · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Aranda
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people use public transport to get to work in Aranda than in most similar areas. This is a highly connected suburb where the typical trip to the city is just 8 minutes by car. While most homes own multiple cars, the area is well served by local bus stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes in Aranda lack a car, with only 2.7% having no vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, and nearly half of all households own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Aranda, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is among the highest for its level at 6.5%, which is well above the national figure. Meanwhile, 14.8% of people work from home, a rate that is well above the ACT average but well below the national figure.
14.8% ▲ +242.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.5% ▼ -14.4%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 6.5%
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.
The area is well served by 10 bus stops, and 633.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people is much higher than most areas. However, this is far below the ACT average of 1,464.3 departures.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.84
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).
633.4
Higher than 81% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
5,570
Higher than 52% 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).
37,219
Higher than 59% 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).
35
Lower than 88% 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.
Getting around is efficient, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is also among the lowest at just 8 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
8
Lower than 97% 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 Aranda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80020/aranda/topic/transport