Pimpama - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Pimpama - North

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

Nearly 66% of workers in Pimpama - North drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. This is a place where very few households get by without a vehicle, and the typical commute involves a long drive to the city.

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📍 Pimpama - North, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households own multiple cars, with 46.8% having two vehicles and 14.4% having three.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Pimpama - North, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the dominant way to get to work, while only 1.5% of people use public transport. Those working from home make up 12.8% of the workforce, which is well below the national figure of 21%.

1.5%

Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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 Pimpama - North, Car (driver) is the majority at 78%; Worked at home is next at 15%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport options are relatively good, with 20 routes and 40 stops. The area has 924.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the Queensland figure of 720.7.

40

Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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

4.04

Lower than 54% 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).

924.2

Higher than 55% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around mostly involves the car, as the typical drive to the city takes 33 minutes. Walking to the nearest transport stop takes about 10 minutes, which is longer than in most areas.

10

Higher 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.

33

Higher than 61% 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 Pimpama - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309071554/pimpama-north/topic/transport