3.7% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
4226, QLD · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 4226, QLD
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has jumped by 9.1 percentage points since 2011 in postcode 4226, where 14.7% of people now do their jobs from home. This shift occurs in an area where car travel dominates, though public transport infrastructure is surprisingly extensive compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have two vehicles, while only 3.7% of households have no motor vehicle at all. This is well below the national figure of 7.4% and has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 4226, QLD, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 63.7% of people as the driver. Only 1.4% use public transport, a figure that is a little below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
14.7% ▲ +164.7%
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -44.9%
Higher than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
The area has 116 public transport stops and 29 routes, which is larger than about 88% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are 798.3, a little above the Queensland figure, with buses making up 98.5% of the service.
116
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.11
Lower than 56% 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).
798.3
Higher than 69% 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).
29
Higher than 86% 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 can take time, as the typical walk to the nearest stop is 21 minutes. This is higher than most areas, as is the 54-minute drive time to the city.
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.
54
Higher than 60% 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 4226, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4226/4226-qld/topic/transport