6.4% —
Higher than 67% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Greater Brisbane · Capital City
Transport & Vehicles in Greater Brisbane
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Roughly 17.4% of workers in Greater Brisbane now work from home, a massive jump of 13 points since 2016. While the region is a major hub for public transport and has many routes, the typical household still relies heavily on cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, with 37.8% owning two. About 6.4% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has barely changed since 2016 and is about the same as the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Greater Brisbane splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving remains the main way to get to work for 55.1% of people. Public transport use is a little above the national figure at 4.6%, though this is down 3.9 points from 2016.
17.4% —
Higher than 86% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.6% —
Higher than 72% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 4.6%
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.
Greater Brisbane has a much higher number of transport routes and stops than most areas. This is reflected in the weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the Queensland figure.
9,923
Higher than 73% of capital city areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.93
Lower than 72% of capital city areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,039.4
Higher than 60% of capital city 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).
532
Higher than 78% of capital city areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Greater Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/3GBRI/greater-brisbane/topic/transport