12.3% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Symonston · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Symonston
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few areas have such a high proportion of car-free homes as Symonston, where 12.3% of households live without a motor vehicle. This is well above the Australian Capital Territory figure of 5.6%. While the area is very close to the city by car, most residents rely on private transport for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12.3% of homes here have no motor vehicle, a rate well above the national figure of 7.4%. For those who do own cars, the most common situation is having just one vehicle, which applies to 59.7% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Symonston, 1 vehicle is the majority at 58%; 2 vehicles is next at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is almost entirely dependent on cars, as 0% of people commute by public transport. This is well below the ACT average of 4.6%, and the 4.1% who work from home is far below the national figure of 21%.
4.1% ▼ -17.1%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Symonston has more public transport stops and routes than most similar areas, with four stops and two routes. However, these are all bus services, and the transit time to the city is much higher than in most other areas.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.11
Higher than 82% 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).
1,328.2
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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
78
Higher than 86% 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.
Driving to the city is very quick, taking only 12 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. In contrast, walking to the nearest transit stop takes 23 minutes, a time that is higher than most areas.
23
Higher than 61% 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.
12
Lower than 92% 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 Symonston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80121/symonston/topic/transport