4037, QLD · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 4037, QLD

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Working from home has surged by 15 percentage points since 2011 in postcode 4037. This area is now heavily reliant on cars, with nearly half of all homes owning two vehicles and very few households without a car. While many people now work from their own residence, public transport use for commuting has dropped significantly over the last decade.

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📍 4037, QLD, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost 50% of homes have two vehicles, and a further 21% have three. Only 0.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.

0.5% ▼ -36.5%

Lower than 91% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 0.8%
  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 2021: 0.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 4037, QLD, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 1 vehicle (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here at 19.7%, well above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. In contrast, the share of people using public transport to get to work fell from 4.4% in 2011 to just 1.7% in 2021.

19.7% ▲ +300.8%

Higher than 62% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 4.9%
  • 2016: 5.4%
  • 2021: 19.7%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.7% ▼ -60.9%

Higher than 64% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 4.4%
  • 2016: 3.6%
  • 2021: 1.7%

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.

How people get to work

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In 4037, QLD, Car (driver) is the majority at 70%; Worked at home is next at 24%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport options are limited to buses, with only 1.66 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the state average. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are also far below the Queensland figure.

1.66

Lower than 68% 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).

345.3

Higher than 59% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The drive time to the city is 25 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, the 21-minute walk to the nearest stop is higher than in most other places.

21

Higher than 63% 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.

25

Lower than 64% 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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 4037, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4037/4037-qld/topic/transport