23.4% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
City · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in City
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost one in four homes in City do not own a car, a figure far above the national average. This reliance on non-car travel is supported by a dense network of public transport and an extremely short trip to the city centre. Most residents enjoy a lifestyle where walking or using transit is the easiest way to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
At 23.4%, the share of homes without a motor vehicle is far above both the ACT and national figures. Most households with a vehicle own just one, while only 1.6% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In City, 1 vehicle is the majority at 59%; No vehicle is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly 30% of workers walk to their jobs, and 10.5% use public transport, which is well above the national figure. While 12.2% work from home, this is well below the Australian average.
12.2% ▲ +580.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
10.5% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.5%
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.
Public transport is highly accessible, with 8.27 stops per 1,000 people and 44 different routes. This creates a high volume of weekly departures that is far above the ACT average, with buses making up 94% of the services.
40
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.
8.27
Higher than 86% 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).
5,814.5
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).
44
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
22,029
Higher than 75% 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).
142,867
Higher than 86% 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).
7
Lower 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.
Getting to the city centre is very fast, with a typical drive time of just 2 minutes. The walk to the nearest transport stop is also much shorter than in most other areas, 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.
2
Lower than 99% 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 City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80038/city/topic/transport