14.1% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Belconnen · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Belconnen
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people now use public transport to get to work in Belconnen than in most other areas. This shift is seen in the 14.1% of homes without a car, which is well above the territory figure of 5.6%. The area's high transit use is supported by a massive number of weekly departures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Around 14.1% of homes in Belconnen have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the 7.4% national average. Most households have one car, while 22% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Belconnen, 1 vehicle is the majority at 61%; 2 vehicles is next at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is a popular choice for 14.5% of workers, which is far above the Australian figure of 3.1%. Conversely, only 8.7% of people work from home, which is far below the national average of 21%.
8.7% ▲ +575.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
14.5% ▲ +19.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 14.5%
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.
Belconnen has 36 public transport stops and 26 routes, among the largest numbers for its level. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the territory figure, though all services are by bus.
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.
4.23
Higher than 74% 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).
4,357.4
Higher than 99% 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).
26
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
8,502
Higher than 56% 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).
53,911
Higher than 66% 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).
44
Lower than 75% 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.
It is a quick trip to the city, with a drive time of 11 minutes that is among the lowest for similar areas. The walk to the nearest stop takes about 9 minutes.
9
Lower than 56% 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.
11
Lower than 94% 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 Belconnen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80024/belconnen/topic/transport