2.5% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Highland Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Highland Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has risen by over 6 percentage points since 2011 in Highland Park, though car travel remains the dominant way to get around. Very few people here live without a car, with only 2.5% of homes having no motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home in the area owns a vehicle, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%. The most common setup is two vehicles per home, which applies to 42.2% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Highland Park, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of workers rely on cars, with 68.2% driving themselves to work. Only 1.0% use public transport, a figure that is a little below the national average of 3.1%.
10.2% ▲ +157.1%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -34.5%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Public transport options are limited to buses, with only 4 routes serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure, at 301.2 compared to 720.7.
23
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.73
Lower than 73% 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).
301.2
Lower than 70% 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).
4
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
While it takes a typical resident 47 minutes to drive to the city, which is higher than most areas, the walk to the nearest transport stop is short, 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.
47
Higher than 72% 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)).
- 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 Highland Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309061247/highland-park/topic/transport