4.7% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Eight Mile Plains · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Eight Mile Plains
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of working residents in Eight Mile Plains drive themselves to work. While most households own at least one car, the area has a much higher rate of public transport use for commuting than the state or national figures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, with 41.7% owning two. Only 4.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Eight Mile Plains, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is well above the national figure at 7.5%, though this fell from 15.4% in 2011. Meanwhile, working from home rose 13 points since 2011 to reach 17.0%.
17.0% ▲ +347.5%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.5% ▼ -51.4%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 7.5%
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.
The area has 11 public transport routes and 47 stops, all of which are buses. This network allows 105,526 people to be reached within 45 minutes, which is larger than about 73% of similar 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.
3.09
Lower than 68% 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).
864.5
Higher than 52% 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).
11
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
15,186
Lower than 52% 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).
105,526
Higher than 72% 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).
40
Lower than 81% 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 13-minute drive to the city is much lower than most areas. However, the 7-minute walk to the nearest stop is higher than in most other places.
7
Higher than 61% 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.
13
Lower than 80% 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 Eight Mile Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303031060/eight-mile-plains/topic/transport