Gracemere · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Gracemere

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

Nearly 69% of workers in Gracemere drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars. Very few people here use public transport or work from home, which makes private vehicles essential for getting around the area.

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📍 Gracemere, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is high, with 40.4% of homes having two vehicles and 24.4% owning three or more. Only 3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Australian figure of 7.4%.

3.0% ▼ -7.7%

Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 3.2%
  • 2016: 3.1%
  • 2021: 3.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Gracemere, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Getting to work is dominated by cars, while only 1.1% of people use public transport. This is a little below the national figure and has fallen since 2011. Meanwhile, only 4% of people work from home, which is far below the 21% seen across Australia.

4.0% ▲ +44.3%

Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 2.7%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 4.0%

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

1.1% ▼ -55.4%

Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 2.0%
  • 2021: 1.1%

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.

How people get to work

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In Gracemere, Car (driver) is the majority at 84%; Car (passenger) is next at 8%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is almost non-existent here, with no routes or stops recorded. This puts the area far below the Queensland average for transport access.

0

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).

0.0

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 Gracemere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308031210/gracemere/topic/transport