4.6% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Redland · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Redland
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 60% of people in Redland drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most homes own at least one car, a growing number of residents now work from home. This trend is clear in the local commuting data, which shows a significant shift since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least one car, with 40.1% owning two and 15% owning three. Only 4.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the Queensland and Australian totals and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Redland, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose 11 points since 2011 to reach 15.2%, which is a little above the Queensland figure. In contrast, public transport use for commuting has dropped to just 2%, which is a little below the national average.
15.2% ▲ +229.4%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▼ -56.8%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 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.
Redland has more public transport stops per 1,000 people than the Queensland average, with 678 stops in total. However, weekly departures per person are a little below the state figure, and the network relies almost entirely on buses.
678
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.
4.26
Higher than 62% 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).
605.1
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).
43
Higher than 86% of council (lga) 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 Redland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36250/redland/topic/transport