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Transport & Vehicles in Canberra - Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan Part)

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

More people use public transport to get to work in Canberra - Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan Part) than in most similar areas. While the typical home has one or two cars, only 5.1% of households are without a vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011.

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📍 Canberra - Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan Part), Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least one car, with 38% owning one and 36.3% owning two. The 5.1% of homes with no motor vehicle is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

5.1% ▼ -27.7%

Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.0%
  • 2016: 5.7%
  • 2021: 5.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Canberra - Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan Part) splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 70.3% of residents. Those working from home rose to 8.1% since 2011, though this remains far below the national figure of 21%.

8.1% ▲ +306.4%

Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 2.1%
  • 2021: 8.1%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.2% ▼ -23.6%

Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.5%
  • 2016: 1.2%
  • 2021: 1.2%

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.

How people get to work

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In Canberra - Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan Part), Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Worked at home is next at 9%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Canberra - Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL102001/canberra-queanbeyan/topic/transport