0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Canberra Airport · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Canberra Airport
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more public transport stops and services than most similar areas are found at Canberra Airport. While the area is well-served by five routes, almost every resident relies on a car to get around. This is a highly mobile zone where no homes lack a motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home here has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the ACT and national figures. Most households own two cars, while 9.1% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Canberra Airport, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes using public transport, and 66.7% drive themselves to work. The 11.1% who work from home is about the same as the ACT average, but well below the national figure.
11.1% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 10 stops and 19,464 weekly departures per 1,000 people, both far above the ACT average. Despite these high numbers, all services are buses and no one can reach the city center within 45 minutes using transit.
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.
80.00
Higher than 99% 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).
19,464.0
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).
5
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).
49
Lower than 66% 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.
A quick 9-minute drive connects the area to the city, which is among the lowest times for similar places. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 11 minutes.
11
Lower than 53% 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.
9
Lower than 96% 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 Canberra Airport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80031/canberra-airport/topic/transport