4.7% ▼ -24.8%
Lower than 75% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Brisbane - East · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Brisbane - East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 60% of workers in Brisbane - East drive themselves to work, highlighting a strong reliance on cars. While the area has more public transport stops than the state average, only 2.7% of people use it for their daily commute. This trend toward private travel is reflected in the high number of multi-car households.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 40.6% owning two. Only 4.7% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is much lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Brisbane - East, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has risen sharply to 16.9% since 2011, which is a little above the Queensland figure. Conversely, the share of people commuting by public transport has fallen to 2.7%, which is about the same as the national rate.
16.9% ▲ +274.9%
Higher than 64% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.7% ▼ -55.3%
Higher than 57% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 2.7%
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.
There are 4.34 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Queensland average. However, services are dominated by buses at 94%, with 616.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a little below the state figure.
1,040
Lower than 53% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.34
Lower than 61% of region (sa4) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
616.1
Lower than 56% of region (sa4) 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).
57
Lower than 69% of region (sa4) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Brisbane - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/301/brisbane-east/topic/transport