6.4% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
4508, QLD · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 4508, QLD
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A reliance on cars defines daily life in postcode 4508, where 65.7% of working residents drive themselves to work. While most homes own at least one vehicle, the area has very few people working from home compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.4% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households own one or two vehicles, though 20.1% of homes have three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 4508, QLD, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here; at 8.6%, the figure is far below the national average. Only 1.9% of people use public transport for their commute, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
8.6% ▲ +227.1%
Lower than 83% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▼ -25.1%
Higher than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 1.9%
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.
Bus services provide all the public transport here, though the number of stops per 1,000 people is lower than in most areas. Weekly departures are higher than in many similar places, but remain well below the Queensland figure.
49
Higher than 70% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.50
Lower than 61% 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).
574.5
Higher than 64% 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).
3
Lower than 52% 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.
The typical resident faces a 33-minute drive to the city. Walking to the nearest public transport stop takes around 12 minutes, which is about the middle for areas like this.
12
Higher than 54% 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.
33
Lower than 55% 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 4508, QLD
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 4508, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4508/4508-qld/topic/transport