34.4% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
4000, QLD · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 4000, QLD
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people live without a car in postcode 4000 than in most other areas, with 34.4% of homes having no motor vehicle. This lack of car ownership is supported by a massive amount of public transport and the fact that most residents live just a few minutes from the city centre.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 34.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the Queensland rate of 5.8%. This has risen by 2.3 percentage points since 2011, with half of all homes now owning just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 4000, QLD, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by No vehicle (34%) and 2 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is the most common way to get to work at 26.8%, followed by working from home at 21.1%. While the number of people using public transport is well above the national figure, it fell 1.8 percentage points since 2011.
21.1% ▲ +475.6%
Higher than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
9.3% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 97% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 9.3%
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.
Public transport is highly accessible, with 192 stops and 333 routes in the area. There are 8,075.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far above the Queensland figure of 720.7.
192
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.44
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
8,075.6
Higher than 99% of postcode 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).
333
Higher than 99% of postcode 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 around is very efficient, as the typical walk to the nearest stop is just 2 minutes. The drive time to the city is also among the lowest at only 2 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% of postcode 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.
2
Lower than 99% of postcode 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).
More for 4000, QLD
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 4000, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4000/4000-qld/topic/transport