2.9% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Taylor · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Taylor
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A quick 18-minute drive to the city makes Taylor a convenient spot for commuters, though most residents rely heavily on their own cars. While public transport stops are plentiful, the time it takes to reach the city by transit is much higher than in most areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost half of all homes in Taylor have two motor vehicles. Very few households get by without a car, with only 2.9% of homes having no vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Taylor, 2 vehicles is the majority at 50%; 1 vehicle is next at 28%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, and only 8.1% work from home, a figure far below the national average. Those using public transport for their commute make up 3% of the workforce.
8.1% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
With 14 stops and two routes, Taylor has more transport infrastructure than most similar areas. However, weekly departures are far below the ACT average, and the 78-minute trip to the city is much longer than in most places.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.31
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).
826.1
Higher than 84% 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).
7,530
Higher than 55% 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).
40,385
Higher than 61% 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.
Getting to the city is fast by car, taking just 18 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also have easy access to transit, with a short 4-minute walk to the nearest stop.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
18
Lower than 85% 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 Taylor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80122/taylor/topic/transport