Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park

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

A quarter of working residents in Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park now work from home, a figure that has jumped 20 points since 2011. This shift towards remote work is paired with a very high rate of car ownership and a short 15-minute drive to the city.

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📍 Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is high here, with 48.4% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 2.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

2.8% ▲ +8.3%

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

  • 2011: 2.6%
  • 2016: 1.9%
  • 2021: 2.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (15%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is far more common here than across Queensland, at 25%. While 3.2% of people use public transport to commute, this is about the same as the state and national figures, though it has fallen from 7.3% in 2011.

25.0% ▲ +405.0%

Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 4.9%
  • 2016: 5.4%
  • 2021: 25.0%

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

3.2% ▼ -56.5%

Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 7.3%
  • 2016: 7.1%
  • 2021: 3.2%

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 Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park, Car (driver) is the majority at 61%; Worked at home is next at 30%.

Public transport access

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

The area has 5.04 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Queensland figure. All transit services are provided by buses, with weekly departures slightly above the state average.

49

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

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

5.04

Higher than 61% 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).

789.3

Lower than 51% 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).

9,716

Lower than 72% 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).

45,040

Higher than 51% 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).

54

Lower than 58% 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 is quick, with a typical drive time of 15 minutes. Residents also enjoy very easy access to transit, with a typical one-minute walk to the nearest stop.

1

Lower than 93% 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.

15

Lower than 74% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/304011084/seventeen-mile-rocks-sinnamon-park/topic/transport