1.5% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Seaforth - Calen · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Seaforth - Calen
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people have switched to public transport in Seaforth - Calen since 2011, as the area remains heavily reliant on private cars. Only 1.5% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This high level of car ownership is a necessity given the complete lack of local public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every household owns a car, with 40.1% owning two vehicles and 20.7% owning three. The 1.5% of homes without a vehicle is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Seaforth - Calen, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 66.5% of people as drivers. Only 1.2% use public transport, a figure that fell since 2011, while the 8.7% who work from home is far below the Australian average.
8.7% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -55.5%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
There are no public transport routes or stops in the area. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.
0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Seaforth - Calen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312021353/seaforth-calen/topic/transport