2.8% ▼ -16.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ngunnawal · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ngunnawal
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 3-minute walk to the nearest stop makes daily travel easier for many in Ngunnawal. While most people rely on cars, the area has a very high number of public transport stops compared to similar places. This helps keep the suburb well-connected, even though it takes about an hour to reach the city by transit.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households go without a car here, with only 2.8% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, and the most common setup is two cars per home.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Ngunnawal splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (42%) and 1 vehicle (39%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive themselves to work, making up 66.4% of trips. Only 9.9% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
9.9% ▲ +444.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▼ -67.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
Ngunnawal is among the areas with the most public transport stops, offering 5.93 stops per 1,000 people. However, weekly departures are well below the ACT figure of 1,464.3 per 1,000 people.
65
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.93
Higher than 81% 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).
1,053.0
Higher than 87% 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
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
16,267
Higher than 69% 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).
39,673
Higher than 60% 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).
62
Higher than 60% 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 relatively quick by car, with a drive time of 15 minutes. This is much lower than most areas.
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.
15
Lower than 88% 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 Ngunnawal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80100/ngunnawal/topic/transport