23
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
Brisbane Airport · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Brisbane Airport
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has jumped from 0% to 11.3% since 2011 in Brisbane Airport. This shift occurs in a place where every single home now has a motor vehicle, making it far more car-dependent than the state and national averages.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
No homes in this area are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8% and the Australian figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Brisbane Airport, 2 vehicles is the majority at 100%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used for commuting by 7.5% of people, which is well above the national and state figures of around 3%. However, this has fallen 4 points since 2011.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has a massive 29,536 weekly departures per 1,000 people and 184 stops per 1,000 people, both far above the Queensland average. Despite these high numbers and 19 different routes, the transit time to the city is much higher than most areas.
184.00
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
29,536.0
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
19
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
125
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
125
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
73
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city by car takes 32 minutes, which is higher than most areas. It also takes 47 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, among the highest times for this level.
47
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
32
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Brisbane Airport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/302031036/brisbane-airport/topic/transport