5.4% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Strathpine · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Strathpine
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people use public transport to get to work in Strathpine than in most similar areas. While 59.6% of workers drive, the area has strong transit links with 210 stops and 72 different routes. This connectivity helps keep the typical walk to the nearest stop to just three minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Strathpine have at least one car, with 38.7% owning two vehicles. Only 5.4% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Strathpine splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose to 12.9% since 2011, though this remains well below the national figure of 21.0%. Public transport use for commuting is 4.8%, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian averages.
12.9% ▲ +418.5%
Lower than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.8% ▼ -53.9%
Higher than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 4.8%
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.
Strathpine has 5.27 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Queensland figure of 2.99. Buses make up the bulk of these services at 88.3%, while trains account for 11.7%.
210
Lower than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.27
Higher than 69% 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).
679.3
Lower than 53% 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.
It takes about 25 minutes to drive to the city from here. The walk to the nearest public transport stop is shorter than in most areas, taking only three minutes.
3
Lower than 71% 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.
25
Lower than 55% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Strathpine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31403/strathpine/topic/transport