Eagle Farm - Pinkenba · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Eagle Farm - Pinkenba

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

Far more people work from home in Eagle Farm - Pinkenba than in most other areas, with 23.6% of workers doing so. This shift is part of a broader trend toward flexible work, as the figure has risen by 24 percentage points since 2011. Most residents rely on cars, though public transport use is also higher than the national average.

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📍 Eagle Farm - Pinkenba, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here have one or two cars, and only 4.0% of households have no motor vehicle. This is well below the Australian figure of 7.4%, and the proportion of car-free homes has fallen by 4.1 percentage points since 2011.

4.0% ▼ -50.3%

Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 8.1%
  • 2016: 5.9%
  • 2021: 4.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Eagle Farm - Pinkenba, 1 vehicle is the majority at 57%; 2 vehicles is next at 31%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common at 23.6%, which is well above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. Additionally, 5.3% of residents commute using public transport, a figure that is a little above the national average and has risen since 2011.

23.6% ▲ —

Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 2.9%
  • 2021: 23.6%

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

5.3% ▲ —

Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 6.8%
  • 2021: 5.3%

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 Eagle Farm - Pinkenba, Car (driver) is the majority at 60%; Worked at home is next at 28%.

Public transport access

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

The area has a very high number of public transport stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people compared to the state. However, these services are entirely bus-based, and the transit time to the city is 80 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

47

Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

22.64

Higher than 95% 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).

2,234.1

Higher than 86% 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).

2,076

Lower than 95% 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).

2,076

Lower than 97% 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).

80

Higher than 86% 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.

A short 10-minute drive gets residents to the city, which is much lower than most areas. In contrast, walking to the nearest transport stop takes about 19 minutes, which is much higher than the usual time.

19

Higher than 79% 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.

10

Lower than 88% 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

  • 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)).
  • 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 Eagle Farm - Pinkenba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/302031037/eagle-farm-pinkenba/topic/transport