11.5% ▼ -21.5%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Upper Mount Gravatt · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Upper Mount Gravatt
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Better than most areas for getting around, Upper Mount Gravatt offers a very high level of public transport access. It is a well-connected hub where 11.5% of homes have no car, a figure well above the national average of 7.4%. This makes it easier for residents to rely on transit rather than owning a vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The typical home has one or two cars, but more people here live without a vehicle compared to the rest of the state. While 11.5% of households are car-free, this is 3.2 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Upper Mount Gravatt, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and No vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Using public transport to get to work is more common here than in most areas, though the 8.1% figure has fallen since 2011. Meanwhile, working from home has risen sharply to 16.2%, which is a little above the Queensland figure.
16.2% ▲ +385.3%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.1% ▼ -45.8%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 8.1%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Transport options are extensive with 65 routes and 84 stops, meaning there are far more stops per person here than in the rest of Queensland. This high level of service allows 175,349 people to be reachable within 45 minutes by bus.
84
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.64
Higher than 86% 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).
4,823.4
Higher than 89% 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).
65
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
38,305
Higher than 81% 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).
175,349
Higher than 84% 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).
39
Lower than 83% 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.
Daily travel is efficient, with a typical drive time to the city of just 11 minutes. For those using transit, the walk to the nearest stop is shorter than in most areas, taking only 3 minutes.
3
Lower than 71% 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.
11
Lower than 86% 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 Upper Mount Gravatt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303031065/upper-mount-gravatt/topic/transport