4272, QLD · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 4272, QLD

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

Zero public transport stops serve postcode 4272, making it an area where almost everyone relies on their own car. This heavy dependence on vehicles is paired with a high number of people working from home, which is well above the Queensland figure.

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📍 4272, QLD, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few homes here go without a car, with only 1.8% having no vehicle. This is well below the national figure and has fallen since 2011, while 40.3% of households now own two vehicles.

1.8% ▼ -44.9%

Lower than 74% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 3.3%
  • 2016: 1.9%
  • 2021: 1.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 4272, QLD, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, with 20.7% of workers doing so—a figure that rose 7.2 points since 2011. In contrast, only 0.4% of people use public transport for their commute, which is a little below the state and national figures.

20.7% ▲ +53.4%

Higher than 65% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 13.5%
  • 2016: 12.9%
  • 2021: 20.7%

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

0.4% ▼ -8.8%

Lower than 59% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 0.4%
  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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.

How people get to work

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In 4272, QLD, Car (driver) is the majority at 68%; Worked at home is next at 25%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is virtually non-existent in this area, with no stops or routes available. This puts the area far below the Queensland average for both stop density and weekly departures.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The drive time to the city is typically 52 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.

52

Higher than 59% 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 4272, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4272/4272-qld/topic/transport