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If you're a car owner in Gungahlin, you're more likely to be behind the wheel of a Toyota Camry, while a Volkswagen Golf is the car of choice for drivers in Kingston. ACT car registration data reveals which models are more popular in each Canberra suburb – and perhaps confirms some stereotypes about different parts of the city. Canberra's most popular car is the Mazda 3, making up more than one in 14 cars on ACT roads. However, when individual suburbs are compared with Canberra as a whole, the preferences of each suburb's drivers become clear. Dickson residents are 6.6 times more likely to own a Hyundai i30 compared with other Canberrans. The car is also the most relatively popular vehicle in Civic and Weston. Toyota Camrys are the car of choice for Gungahlin residents, drivers in nearby Amaroo are more than two times as likely as other motorists to own a Subaru Impreza, and a Toyota Yaris is twice as popular in Forde than it is across the ACT. The inner north appears to be the home of Subaru Foresters, which are the most relatively popular car in Ainslie, Downer, Hackett, Lyneham, O'Connor and Watson. There are 12 times as many Camrys registered in Parkes compared with the ACT average, likely because they are owned by government departments. The preferred car in the industrial centres is the Toyota Hilux, which is the most relatively popular vehicle in Fyshwick, Hume, Mitchell and Symonston. Volkswagen Golfs dominate the inner south, having far more registrations in Kingston, Forrest, Yarralumla, Red Hill, Barton and Deakin than the average suburb. Golfs are more than three times as popular in these suburbs than elsewhere in the ACT. The registration data also reveals Belconnen drivers are almost three times as likely to own a Honda Civic than other car owners. The Civic is also the most relatively popular vehicle in neighbouring Hawker, as well as the Gungahlin suburbs of Franklin (3.1 times as likely) and Palmerston (2.1 times). Tuggeranong suburbs are best represented by the Holden Commodore, with Conder, Kambah, Richardson, Chisholm and Gilmore listed among the areas where it is most popular. Overall, while the Mazda 3 is the ACT's most popular model of car, the Corolla came in a close second, accounting for more than 6 per cent of all Canberra cars. It was closely followed by the Ford Falcon and the Holden Commodore, with the top-four most-popular models making up nearly 25 per cent of all models registered in the ACT. The top 10 models overall across the ACT were rounded out by the Camry, Mazda 2, Golf, Hilux, Mitsubishi Lancer and the Forester.

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