4.8% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Logan · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Logan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Logan than across Australia, with only 10.7% doing so. Most residents rely heavily on cars to get around. While the city has a large network of transport routes, it is often a long walk for locals to reach the nearest stop.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, and 38.2% have two. Only 4.8% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen slightly since 2011 and is a little below the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Logan, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 66.5% of people being the driver. Public transport use for commuting is low at 2.0% and has fallen since 2011, while the number of people working from home rose to 10.7%.
10.7% ▲ +220.5%
Lower than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▼ -57.5%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
Logan has 67 routes and 1,106 stops, making it one of the largest networks at this level. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the Queensland figure, and buses make up nearly all the service.
1,106
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.20
Lower than 51% 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).
550.6
Higher than 73% 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).
67
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.
A typical trip to the city takes 36 minutes. It takes much longer than in most areas to reach public transport on foot, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking 51 minutes.
51
Higher than 79% 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.
36
Lower than 59% 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 Logan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34590/logan/topic/transport