0.5% —
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Flagstone (West) - New Beith · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Flagstone (West) - New Beith
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge gap exists between the public transport options in Flagstone (West) - New Beith and the rest of the state. Almost every home here owns a car, with 86.7% of households owning two or more vehicles. This high car reliance reflects a location that is very far from the city and lacks frequent transit services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 42% of homes having two vehicles and over 20% owning four or more. Only 0.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Flagstone (West) - New Beith, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 4 or more (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, as only 0.9% use public transport, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%. About 13.5% of the workforce works from home, a rate roughly the same as across Queensland.
13.5% —
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% —
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 just one route and five stops serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure, and the only available mode is the bus.
5
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.50
Lower than 94% 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).
75.8
Lower than 82% 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).
10,051
Lower 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).
10,051
Lower than 84% 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 into the city is a significant trip, with drive times of 145 minutes being among the highest for similar areas.
145
Higher than 97% 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 Flagstone (West) - New Beith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/311041568/flagstone-new-beith/topic/transport