4.1% ▼ -26.0%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Varsity Lakes · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Varsity Lakes
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people live without a car in Varsity Lakes than in the rest of Australia. While only 4.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, most households rely heavily on their own cars to get around the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, and the share of households without a vehicle has fallen to 4.1% since 2011. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Varsity Lakes splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (40%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 62.3% of people as the driver. Working from home rose to 13.9% since 2011, though this is well below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
13.9% ▲ +233.7%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -50.2%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
Buses make up 97.1% of local services, and weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the Queensland figure. However, the number of stops per 1,000 people is a little below the state average.
45
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.70
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).
912.5
Higher than 54% 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).
19
Higher than 86% 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.
It takes a typical resident 56 minutes to drive to the city, which is much higher than most areas. A walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 5 minutes.
5
Higher than 50% 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.
56
Higher than 76% 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 Varsity Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309081262/varsity-lakes/topic/transport