5.1% ▼ -28.1%
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ipswich · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Ipswich
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Ipswich compared to the national figure, with only 11.5% doing so. Most residents rely on private cars to get around, although the area has a very high number of public transport departures relative to other similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 39.8% have two. Only 5.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure and is 2.0 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ipswich, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 64.5% of people as the driver. Those working from home rose by 8.8 percentage points since 2011 to reach 11.5%, which is well below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
11.5% ▲ +324.6%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▼ -43.7%
Higher than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 2.3%
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.
Ipswich has 79 public transport routes and 786 stops, among the largest numbers for its level. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most areas, though a little below the Queensland figure.
786
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.43
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
639.5
Higher than 74% of council (lga) 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).
79
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 41 minutes, which is higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is around 37 minutes.
41
Higher than 70% of council (lga) 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.
37
Lower than 58% of council (lga) 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 Ipswich [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA33960/ipswich/topic/transport