Emu Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Emu Park

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

Most workers in Emu Park rely on their own cars to get around, with 66.2% driving to work. This is a place where private transport is essential, as almost every home owns at least one vehicle and there are no public transport stops in the area.

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📍 Emu Park, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few homes here lack a car, with only 2.6% having none, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households have one or two vehicles, and the proportion of carless homes has fallen since 2011.

2.6% ▼ -53.1%

Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 5.4%
  • 2016: 5.2%
  • 2021: 2.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Emu Park splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (39%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Only 1.9% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the Queensland average. Working from home is also uncommon here, with only 5.9% doing so—far below the 21% national figure.

5.9% ▲ +36.3%

Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 4.3%
  • 2016: 3.7%
  • 2021: 5.9%

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

1.9% ▼ -8.7%

Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 2.8%
  • 2021: 1.9%

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 Emu Park, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Worked at home is next at 7%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is almost non-existent in Emu Park, with zero routes or stops. This means there are no weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the Queensland average of 720.7.

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Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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

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Lower 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).

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Lower 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Emu Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308031207/emu-park/topic/transport