3.7% ▼ -39.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Yarralumla · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Yarralumla
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
High rates of working from home have shaped the travel patterns of Yarralumla since the last census. This area is very well connected, with 17.3% of workers staying at home and a huge number of public transport options available to residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in the area own at least one car, with 43.6% having two vehicles. Only 3.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the territory figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Yarralumla, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (38%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the most common way to get to work for 58.1% of people. Those using public transport for their commute make up 2.6% of the workforce, which is much higher than most similar areas.
17.3% ▲ +135.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% ▼ -43.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 is highly accessible here, with 17 stops and 7 different routes, ranking this area higher than about 86% of others. The 5.45 stops per 1,000 people is much higher than most areas, though all services are bus-based.
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.45
Higher than 79% 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).
1,201.9
Higher than 87% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
3,120
Lower than 52% 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).
9,454
Lower than 59% 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).
58
Higher than 51% 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 very close to the city, with a typical drive time of just 9 minutes. It takes about 16 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop.
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.
9
Lower than 96% 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 Yarralumla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80136/yarralumla/topic/transport