4572, QLD · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 4572, QLD

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

Working from home has jumped by 10 percentage points since 2011 in postcode 4572, where 17.3% of people now do their jobs at home. While car travel remains the main way to get around, the area has a surprisingly high number of weekly public transport departures compared to the rest of the state.

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📍 4572, QLD, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least one car, and the 5.2% of households without a vehicle is a little below the national figure. This is a decrease from 2011, when 8.4% of homes had no motor vehicle.

5.2% ▼ -37.8%

Higher than 64% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 8.4%
  • 2016: 5.9%
  • 2021: 5.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 4572, QLD, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (11%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Nearly 60% of workers drive themselves to work, while 17.3% work from home, which is well above the Queensland figure. Very few people use public transport for their commute, with only 1.1% using a bus or train.

17.3% ▲ +140.3%

Higher than 55% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 7.2%
  • 2016: 7.1%
  • 2021: 17.3%

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

1.1% ▼ -41.5%

Higher than 56% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 1.8%
  • 2016: 2.0%
  • 2021: 1.1%

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 4572, QLD, Car (driver) is the majority at 70%; Worked at home is next at 20%.

Public transport access

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

The area is served by six bus routes and 15 stops. This provides a level of service far above the state average, with 2,066.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people.

3.54

Lower than 51% 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).

2,066.8

Higher than 88% 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.

A typical walk to the nearest stop takes about 9 minutes. However, the drive time to the city is 71 minutes, which is higher than in most other areas.

9

Lower than 52% 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.

71

Higher than 68% 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 4572, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4572/4572-qld/topic/transport