Pialligo · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Pialligo

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

Far more people work from home in Pialligo than in other parts of the ACT. While the area has a high number of bus stops and services, almost no one uses public transport to commute. This creates a sharp contrast between the available infrastructure and how residents actually get around.

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📍 Pialligo, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Pialligo has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. Most households have two cars, and 21.1% have four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.1%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Pialligo, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 4 or more (24%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, with 23.5% of residents doing so, a figure far above the ACT average. In contrast, 0.0% of people commute by public transport, which is well below the state and national levels.

23.5% ▲ +247.2%

Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.8%
  • 2016: 22.8%
  • 2021: 23.5%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Pialligo, Car (driver) is the majority at 60%; Worked at home is next at 27%.

Public transport access

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

The area has a high number of bus stops and weekly departures compared to the ACT, but it takes 71 minutes to reach the city. This is much higher than most areas, and currently, zero people can reach others via transit within 45 minutes.

14.49

Higher than 90% 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).

1,376.8

Higher than 88% 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).

0

Lower than 99% 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).

71

Higher than 76% 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 nearest transport stop is difficult, with a typical walk taking 29 minutes. This is higher than most areas.

29

Higher than 66% 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.

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 Pialligo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80111/pialligo/topic/transport