Pimpama - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Pimpama - South

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

Almost no homes in Pimpama - South go without a car, with only 1.8% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This reliance on cars is reflected in the local commute, where the vast majority of workers drive and very few use public transport.

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📍 Pimpama - South, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with nearly half of all homes owning two vehicles and 1.8% having none, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Pimpama - South, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (14%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, as only 1.1% of people use public transport. This is a little below the national figure, and only 8.9% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian average of 21%.

1.1%

Lower than 66% 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 - South, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Worked at home is next at 11%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is limited to three bus routes, with only 25 stops in the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure, and there are much fewer stops per person than in most other areas.

25

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

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

2.38

Lower than 76% 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).

445.4

Lower than 64% 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.

While the walk to the nearest stop is quite short at just 2 minutes, the drive time to the city is 35 minutes, which is higher than most areas.

2

Lower than 86% 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.

35

Higher than 63% 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 - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309071555/pimpama-south/topic/transport