8.0% ▼ -17.7%
Higher than 74% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lilley · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Lilley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than double the Queensland average for public transport use makes Lilley a well-connected area. It is a place where 19.2% of people work from home and many residents enjoy a short 16-minute drive to the city. This combination of transit options and proximity to the city center shapes how people move through the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. Most households rely on one or two cars, though the proportion without a vehicle fell slightly from 9.7% in 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Lilley splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is 6.2%, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. Remote work has surged here, with the share of people working from home rising 15 points since 2016 to reach 19.2%.
19.2% —
Higher than 59% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.2% —
Higher than 88% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 6.2%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 6 public transport stops per 1,000 people, far above the Queensland figure. With 155 routes and 969 stops—mostly buses—the local network is larger than about 79% of similar areas.
969
Higher than 79% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.00
Higher than 85% 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).
1,155.8
Higher than 52% 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).
155
Higher than 90% 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.
Daily travel is relatively quick, with a typical 16-minute drive to the city, which is much lower than most areas. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes around 8 minutes.
8
Higher than 54% of federal electorate areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
16
Lower than 80% 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 Lilley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED319/lilley/topic/transport