0.5% ▼ -36.5%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Eatons Hill · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Eatons Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of working residents in Eatons Hill drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. The area is heavily reliant on private transport, with almost every home owning at least one vehicle and very few people using public transit.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 48.6% of homes owning two vehicles and 21% owning three. Only 0.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the Queensland rate of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Eatons Hill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 1 vehicle (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly 20% of people work from home, which is well above the state figure and has risen 15 points since 2011. Conversely, those using public transport to get to work fell to 1.7% over the same period.
19.7% ▲ +300.9%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -60.7%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 limited, with only three routes and 14 stops serving the area. There are 1.79 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the Queensland figure of 2.99.
14
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.79
Lower than 81% 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).
371.6
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).
3
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
7,822
Lower than 80% 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).
7,822
Lower than 88% 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 to a stop on foot takes about 21 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. The typical drive time to the city is 25 minutes.
21
Higher than 80% 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 Eatons Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/314011385/eatons-hill/topic/transport