5.1% ▼ -19.1%
Lower than 58% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rankin · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Rankin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much lower public transport access than most similar areas defines the transport landscape in Rankin. While the region has a good number of bus routes, a short 21-minute drive to the city makes the car the primary way people move. Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 40.1% owning two vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 5.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is around the middle for its level and slightly lower than the national figure. This is a small decrease from 2011, when 6.4% of homes lacked a vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rankin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose to 11.3% since 2016, though this is well below the Australian figure of 21.0%. Most people drive to work, with 64.7% as the driver, while only 3.4% use public transport.
11.3% —
Lower than 67% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.4% —
Higher than 63% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 3.4%
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.
Rankin has 3.77 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Queensland figure of 2.99, though overall access remains lower than most areas. The network is almost entirely reliant on buses, which make up 99.2% of modes.
704
Lower than 64% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.77
Lower than 74% 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).
794.3
Lower than 63% 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).
55
Higher than 50% 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 to the city is relatively quick, with a drive time of 21 minutes. However, walking to the nearest stop takes about 13 minutes, which is higher than in most areas.
13
Higher than 64% 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.
21
Lower than 67% 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 Rankin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED327/rankin/topic/transport