13.4% ▲ +23.1%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Canterbury · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Canterbury
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people live without a car in Canterbury than in most other areas, with 13.4% of homes having no motor vehicle. This shift away from car reliance is reflected in the way people get to work, where working from home has become incredibly common.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The number of car-free homes has risen to 13.4% since 2011, a figure well above the national level of 7.4%. Most households have either one or two vehicles, while 44.2% of homes own just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Canterbury, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and No vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged by 35 percentage points since 2011 to reach 36.7%, which is far above the Australian figure. Public transport use for commuting is a little above the national average at 5.1%, though this is down from 12.5% in 2011.
36.7% ▲ +1896.9%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.1% ▼ -59.6%
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 5.1%
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.
Canterbury has 343 public transport stops and 30 routes, with weekly departures per 1,000 people being a little above the New South Wales figure. However, there are only 3.65 stops per 1,000 people, which is well below the state average.
343
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.65
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,603.1
Higher than 73% of state electorate 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).
30
Higher than 59% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Canterbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10015/canterbury/topic/transport