4.9% ▼ -30.4%
Lower than 64% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Blair · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Blair
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people use public transport in Blair than in most similar areas, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars. This is a vast region where the typical trip to the city takes 83 minutes, much longer than in most other places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 38.9% of homes owning two vehicles and 8.4% having four or more. Only 4.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is lower than most areas and down from 7.1% in 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Blair, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with only 1.7% using public transport, a figure that is lower than most areas and has fallen since 2016. Working from home rose to 11.5% over the same period, though this remains well below the national figure of 21%.
11.5% —
Lower than 66% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% —
Lower than 62% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 options are limited, with weekly departures per 1,000 people being well below the Queensland figure. Buses handle nearly all transit, making up 93.4% of the available modes.
593
Lower than 80% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.12
Lower than 86% of federal 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).
535.0
Lower than 74% of federal 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).
54
Lower than 51% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is dominated by long distances, as the drive time to the city is much higher than in most other areas.
83
Higher than 87% of federal electorate 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)).
- 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 Blair [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED301/blair/topic/transport