4.7% ▼ -22.6%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Beaudesert · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Beaudesert
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 65-minute drive to the city makes Beaudesert a distant commute for many residents. This is a car-dependent area where very few people use public transport to get to work, and the vast majority of households own at least one motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have a car, with 35.5% owning two vehicles and 34.8% owning one. Only 4.7% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Beaudesert splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 64.4% of people commuting as a driver. Working from home is common for 12.6% of the workforce—a figure that rose 3.6 points since 2011—while only 0.3% use public transport.
12.6% ▲ +40.0%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -38.5%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 is very limited, with only one route and nine stops serving the area. This results in 0.61 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the Queensland figure of 2.99.
9
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.61
Lower than 93% 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).
68.5
Lower than 83% 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).
1
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
14,674
Lower than 54% 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).
14,674
Lower than 78% 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 around is dominated by private cars, as the typical drive time to the city is 65 minutes, which is much higher than most other areas.
65
Higher than 79% 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 Beaudesert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/311011305/beaudesert/topic/transport