3.0% ▲ +97.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Isaacs · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Isaacs
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nineteen public transport stops serve Isaacs, which is more than about 88% of similar areas. Most households here rely on cars, though there are more transit stops per person than in most other parts of the territory. This creates a mix of high vehicle ownership and strong access to bus services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common, with 45.5% of homes having two vehicles and 14% having three. Only 3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the ACT figure of 5.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Isaacs, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 66.8% of residents. While 11.8% work from home, this is well below the national figure of 21.0%.
11.8% ▲ +240.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% ▼ -30.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 7.99 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the ACT average of 5.72. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the territory figure, and all transit is by bus.
19
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.
7.99
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).
982.3
Higher than 86% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
2,379
Lower than 53% 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).
20,842
Higher than 50% 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).
67
Higher than 69% 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 by car is quick, taking only 13 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. A walk to the nearest stop typically takes 6 minutes, also lower than in most other places.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
13
Lower than 91% 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 Isaacs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80078/isaacs/topic/transport