4.1% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Boronia Heights - Park Ridge · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Boronia Heights - Park Ridge
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few households without a car define the travel habits of Boronia Heights - Park Ridge, where only 4.1% of homes lack a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%. The area relies heavily on private transport for daily life, with very few residents using public transit or working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 38.5% owning two vehicles and 36.1% owning one. The proportion of households without a vehicle has fallen to 4.1% since 2011, which is a little below the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Boronia Heights - Park Ridge splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, as 69.6% of workers are drivers. Only 8.2% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%, while just 1.6% use public transport—a figure that has fallen since 2011.
8.2% ▲ +106.5%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -48.8%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 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.
Bus services are the only form of public transport here, and while there are 64 stops, the number of weekly departures is far below the Queensland figure. This means that although there are more stops than in many similar areas, the frequency of service is much lower.
64
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.34
Lower than 65% 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).
375.9
Lower than 67% 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).
8
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
19,166
Higher than 60% 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).
35,198
Lower than 56% 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.
It typically takes 27 minutes to drive to the city, which is around the middle for its level. Residents can usually reach their nearest transport stop with a 4-minute walk.
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.
27
Higher than 54% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Boronia Heights - Park Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/311031311/boronia-heights-park-ridge/topic/transport