4.5% —
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Meridan Plains - Little Mountain (North) · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Meridan Plains - Little Mountain (North)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge gap in public transport access defines Meridan Plains - Little Mountain (North), where the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure. Reliance on cars is very high, and the area is largely underserved by transit options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 37.5% owning two and 12.9% owning three. Only 4.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Meridan Plains - Little Mountain (North) splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, as only 0.6% of people use public transport. This is much lower than most areas, while the 10.5% who work from home is far below the Australian figure.
10.5% —
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% —
Lower than 77% 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 limited to bus services, with only 30 stops across the area. This results in a very low 2.08 stops per 1,000 people, which is well below the Queensland average.
30
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.08
Lower than 78% 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).
246.8
Lower than 72% 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.
Getting around is difficult without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 32 minutes. This is much higher than most areas, as is the 62-minute drive time to the city.
32
Higher than 87% 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.
62
Higher than 78% 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 Meridan Plains - Little Mountain (North) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/316021581/meridan-plains-little-mountain/topic/transport