Regents Park - Heritage Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Regents Park - Heritage Park

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost 70% of workers in Regents Park - Heritage Park drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars. This is a vehicle-heavy area where only 2.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below both the Queensland and national averages.

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📍 Regents Park - Heritage Park, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 45% of homes having two vehicles and 10.3% owning four or more. Very few households get by without a car, and this low rate of 2.1% has barely changed since 2011.

2.1% ▼ -21.3%

Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 2.7%
  • 2016: 2.1%
  • 2021: 2.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Regents Park - Heritage Park, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is much less common here than in most areas, at only 9.0%, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Public transport use for commuting is also low at 1.9% and has fallen since 2011.

9.0% ▲ +297.6%

Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 2.3%
  • 2016: 2.8%
  • 2021: 9.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.9% ▼ -50.7%

Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 3.9%
  • 2016: 3.3%
  • 2021: 1.9%

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.

How people get to work

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In Regents Park - Heritage Park, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Worked at home is next at 10%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

While the area has 66 stops and more stops per 1,000 people than the Queensland average, it relies entirely on buses. Transit times to the city are among the highest for similar areas, taking 87 minutes.

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.

4.12

Lower than 53% 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).

513.7

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).

16,032

Higher than 51% 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).

16,032

Lower than 76% 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).

87

Higher than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

A typical trip to the city takes 25 minutes by car. For those using public transport, the walk to the nearest stop is around 4 minutes, which is about the same as most similar areas.

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.

25

Higher than 50% 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 Regents Park - Heritage Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/311031319/regents-park-heritage-park/topic/transport