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Transport & Vehicles in Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part)

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

Ten point nine per cent of workers in Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part) now work from home, a figure that has risen sharply since 2011. Most people still rely on cars to get to work, though public transport use is among the highest for areas of this type. This reflects a mix of traditional commuting and a growing shift toward remote work.

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📍 Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part), Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households have one or two cars, with about 39% having just one and 38.7% having two. Around 5.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure and has barely changed since 2011.

Homes with no motor vehicle

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5.6% ▼ -11.6%

Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part) splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.

1 vehicle 39.3% 2 vehicles 38.7% 3 vehicles 10.9% No vehicle 5.6% 4 or more 5.5%

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 59% of people, but public transport use is higher here than in most similar areas. While working from home rose by 8.2 points since 2011 to 10.9%, this is still far below the national figure of 21%.

People working from home

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10.9% ▲ +305.6%

Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.

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

Commuting by public transport

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4.6% ▼ -19.4%

Higher than 94% of urban centre 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.

How people get to work

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In Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part), Car (driver) is the majority at 70%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

Car (driver) 59.0% Worked at home 10.9% Car (passenger) 5.0% Walked 4.0% Bus 3.6% Bicycle 2.1% Train 0.0%

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 (Canberra Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL802001/canberra-queanbeyan/topic/transport