6.3% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Brassall · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Brassall
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.3% of workers in Brassall use public transport to get to work, a figure that is lower than most similar areas. This highlights a heavy reliance on cars for daily travel, with the vast majority of residents driving or working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 35.5% owning two and 11.6% owning three. Only 6.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Brassall splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is much less common here than in other areas, with only 8.9% doing so, which is far below the national figure. This is consistent with the fact that 68.5% of workers commute by driving themselves.
8.9% ▲ +280.2%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -46.3%
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 1.3%
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, with only 3 routes serving the area and weekly departures well below the Queensland figure. The 34 available stops are all for buses, as there are no trains or trams.
34
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.81
Lower than 72% 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).
523.2
Lower than 61% 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).
3
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
12,115
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
18,830
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical drive time to the city is 33 minutes, which is higher than most areas. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop is about 4 minutes, placing it around the middle for similar places.
4
Lower than 57% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Brassall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/310031283/brassall/topic/transport