5.9% ▼ -28.1%
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Petrie · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Petrie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A total of 584 public transport stops serve Petrie, though this is smaller than about 80% of similar areas. Most residents rely on cars to get around, but the number of homes without any vehicle has fallen to 5.9% since 2011. This reflects a transport landscape where private cars dominate despite a fair amount of bus and train options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households keep one or two cars, with 38.8% owning two and 37.8% owning one. Only 5.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Petrie splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 60% of residents. While working from home rose 11 points since 2016 to reach 14.5%, this is still well below the Australian figure of 21%.
14.5% —
Lower than 54% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% —
Higher than 61% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 3.3%
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.
Bus services make up 97.5% of public transport options here. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are 821.1, which is a little above the Queensland figure, though there are much fewer stops per person than in most areas.
584
Lower than 81% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.15
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).
821.1
Lower than 61% 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).
59
Higher than 55% 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.
It typically takes 25 minutes to drive to the city. Getting to the nearest transport stop takes about 12 minutes on foot, which is higher than most areas.
12
Higher than 63% 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.
25
Lower than 57% 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 Petrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED326/petrie/topic/transport