2.5% ▼ -25.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Oxley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Oxley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few homes in Oxley lack a car, with only 2.5% of households without one. This is well below the figures for both the ACT and Australia, reflecting a strong reliance on private vehicles to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, as 41.3% of households own two vehicles and 17.5% own three. This explains why the number of homes without a motor vehicle is much lower than the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Oxley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 64.8% of residents. While 11.1% work from home, this is well below the national figure of 21.0%.
11.1% ▲ +375.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▼ -39.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 access is strong with 11 stops and 4 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the weekly number of departures per 1,000 people is well below the ACT figure.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.46
Higher than 83% 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).
996.5
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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
1,703
Lower than 54% 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).
22,367
Higher than 51% 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).
70
Higher than 74% 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.
The area is well-connected for drivers and walkers, with a short 5 minute walk to the nearest stop. It also takes much less time to drive to the city compared to most other areas, taking only 16 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
16
Lower than 87% 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 Oxley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80105/oxley/topic/transport