4.2% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Redbank Plains · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Redbank Plains
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer households live without a car in Redbank Plains than in the typical Australian suburb. Most residents rely on their own vehicles to get around, and very few use public transport to reach their jobs. This is a car-dependent area where the typical drive to the city takes 29 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 40.3% have two. Only 4.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Redbank Plains splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Car travel is the main way to get to work, with 67.9% of people driving. Only 8.2% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%, while just 1.8% use public transport.
8.2% ▲ +354.4%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% ▼ -39.1%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 here relies entirely on buses, with 66 stops serving the area. However, there are only 2.71 stops per 1,000 people, and the number of weekly departures is well below the Queensland figure.
66
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.71
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).
501.9
Lower than 62% 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).
7
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
24,349
Higher than 71% 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).
24,349
Lower than 67% 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.
Getting to the nearest transport stop takes about 7 minutes on foot, which is higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is 29 minutes, putting it around the middle for similar places.
7
Higher than 61% 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.
29
Higher than 57% 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 Redbank Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/310041302/redbank-plains/topic/transport