6.1% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mt Gravatt · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Mt Gravatt
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 2,000 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people make Mt Gravatt far better served for transit than the Queensland average. While most people still rely on cars, the area has a strong mix of home-based work and public transport use. This is supported by a large network of 72 different routes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own at least one car, with 40.8% having two vehicles. Only 6.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a figure that has fallen by 2 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mt Gravatt, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has jumped to 18.1% since 2011, while 6.8% of residents use public transport to get to work. This transit use is well above the national figure of 3.1%.
18.1% ▲ +339.0%
Higher than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.8% ▼ -51.0%
Higher than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 6.8%
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.
The area is heavily serviced by buses, with 401 stops and 5.05 stops per 1,000 people, a rate far above the Queensland average. This provides a high level of access, as there are 2,037.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people.
401
Higher than 64% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.05
Higher than 63% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
2,037.9
Higher than 87% of sub-region (sa3) 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).
72
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive to the city is relatively short at 16 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, the 12-minute walk to the nearest stop is higher than in most other places.
12
Higher than 69% of sub-region (sa3) 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.
16
Lower than 74% of sub-region (sa3) 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).
More for Mt Gravatt
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Mt Gravatt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30303/mt-gravatt/topic/transport