5.7% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sippy Downs · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Sippy Downs
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 61-minute drive to the city defines the daily commute for many in Sippy Downs, where car travel is the primary way to get around. While most homes have at least one vehicle, the area has very few people working from home compared to the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 38% of homes in Sippy Downs have two vehicles, while 37% have one. Only 5.7% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland average and has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Sippy Downs splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 65.4% as the driver. Only 9.4% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%, and just 1.8% use public transport, a little below the state and national averages.
9.4% ▲ +136.3%
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% ▲ +33.2%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 here relies entirely on buses, with no trains or ferries. There are 36 stops across 6 routes, and the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is a little above the Queensland figure.
36
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.12
Lower than 68% 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).
840.7
Higher than 51% 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).
6
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
While the drive to the city is much longer than in most areas, getting to local transit is easy, with the walk to the nearest stop taking only 3 minutes.
3
Lower than 71% 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.
61
Higher than 77% 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)).
- 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 Sippy Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/316011416/sippy-downs/topic/transport