Florey · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Florey

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Thirty-six public transport stops serve Florey, making it one of the most well-connected areas for its size. While most residents rely on cars, the suburb has a high number of transit options and a very short walk to the nearest stop. This balance of accessibility is a key feature of the local transport landscape.

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📍 Florey, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have one or two cars, though 6.9% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the ACT figure of 5.6%.

6.9% ▲ +5.0%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.6%
  • 2016: 7.0%
  • 2021: 6.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Florey splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

About 61.6% of workers drive to work, while 4.9% use public transport, which is among the highest for this level. However, only 10.3% of people work from home, a figure far below the national average of 21%.

10.3% ▲ +356.4%

Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 10.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

4.9% ▼ -24.5%

Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.4%
  • 2016: 6.4%
  • 2021: 4.9%

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.

How people get to work

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In Florey, Car (driver) is the majority at 72%; Worked at home is next at 12%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

The area is well served with 6 transport routes and 7.53 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the ACT figure of 5.72. All public transport here is provided by buses.

7.53

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).

1,686.3

Higher than 90% 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).

7,835

Higher than 55% 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).

57,083

Higher than 68% 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).

57

Lower than 51% 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 is quick with a drive time of only 12 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy a very short walk to the nearest transit stop, typically taking just one minute.

1

Lower than 99% 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.

12

Lower than 92% 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 Florey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80054/florey/topic/transport