5.2% ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sunnybank · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Sunnybank
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the workforce in Sunnybank relies on driving to get to work, with 58.2% being the primary driver. While cars dominate, the area has very strong public transport links compared to the rest of the state and country. This is a well-connected hub where most people live just a two-minute walk from a transit stop.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own at least one car, with 39.4% having two vehicles. The number of households without a motor vehicle has fallen since 2011 to 5.2%, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sunnybank, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is 7.3%, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. Meanwhile, those working from home rose 11 points since 2011 to 14.2%, though this remains well below the Australian average.
14.2% ▲ +296.4%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.3% ▼ -48.7%
Higher than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 7.3%
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.
Sunnybank is far better served by public transport than the state average, with 1,182.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people. This accessibility is supported by 43 different routes, though the network is almost entirely buses.
194
Lower than 63% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.87
Lower than 61% 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).
1,182.4
Higher than 63% 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).
43
Higher than 74% 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.
Getting into the city is fast, with a typical drive time of just 14 minutes. This is much lower than most similar areas, and the short walk to the nearest stop is also much lower than average.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
14
Lower than 79% 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 Sunnybank
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Sunnybank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30306/sunnybank/topic/transport