Belgian Gardens - Pallarenda · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Belgian Gardens - Pallarenda

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Fewer people have cars here than in most similar areas, yet Belgian Gardens - Pallarenda remains heavily reliant on private vehicles. While 8.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, very few residents use public transport or work from home compared to the national figures.

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📍 Belgian Gardens - Pallarenda, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 8.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households own one or two cars, while 5.1% have four or more.

8.7% ▼ -16.4%

Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 10.4%
  • 2016: 10.3%
  • 2021: 8.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Belgian Gardens - Pallarenda splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is far below the national figure at 8.1%, and only 0.5% of people use public transport to get to work. This is much lower than most areas, with 67.2% of workers driving themselves to their jobs.

8.1% ▲ +151.0%

Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 3.2%
  • 2016: 3.8%
  • 2021: 8.1%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.5% ▼ -72.8%

Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 1.2%
  • 2021: 0.5%

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.

How people get to work

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In Belgian Gardens - Pallarenda, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; Worked at home is next at 10%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are 7.21 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Queensland figure of 2.99. All services are provided by buses, with weekly departures per 1,000 people sitting around the middle for similar areas.

23

Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

7.21

Higher than 85% 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).

675.1

Lower than 55% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the nearest stop takes about 54 minutes for the typical resident, which is among the highest travel times for this level of area.

54

Higher than 94% 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.

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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Belgian Gardens - Pallarenda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/318021469/belgian-gardens-pallarenda/topic/transport