1.7% ▼ -23.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Banks · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Banks
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Banks has a car, making it a highly vehicle-dependent area. While public transport options are available, the vast majority of residents rely on driving for their daily needs and work trips.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 42.2% owning two vehicles and another 16.5% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Banks, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 70.9% of people as the main driver. Very few people work from home at 7.1%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
7.1% ▲ +456.6%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.7% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 a high number of bus stops and routes compared to similar areas, though the transit time to the city is among the highest. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most areas, but well below the ACT 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.
5.69
Higher than 80% 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).
1,047.1
Higher than 87% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
18,100
Higher than 72% 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).
30,397
Higher than 56% 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).
88
Higher than 99% 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.
Daily travel is efficient for drivers, as the 22-minute drive to the city is much lower than most areas. Walking to the nearest stop is also very convenient, taking only 3 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.
22
Lower than 81% 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 Banks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80021/banks/topic/transport