Strathnairn · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Strathnairn

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

Almost every single household in Strathnairn owns a car, making the area heavily dependent on driving for daily life. While public transport options are available, the typical trip to the city takes over an hour by transit.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home in the area has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for the ACT and Australia. Nearly half of all households own two cars.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Strathnairn, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (37%) and 3 vehicles (10%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, with 65% as the driver. Very few residents work from home at 8.7%, a figure that is far below the national average.

How people get to work

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In Strathnairn, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 11%.

Public transport access

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

The area has more transport stops and routes than many similar places, with 7 stops per 1,000 people. However, the 86-minute trip to the city is among the highest for the region.

7.00

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).

1,372.5

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).

714

Lower than 56% 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).

86

Higher than 97% 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 into the city takes about 62 minutes by car. For those using public transport, the walk to the nearest stop takes around 16 minutes.

16

Higher than 54% 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.

62

Lower than 55% 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 Strathnairn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80120/strathnairn/topic/transport