5.4% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 58% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Brisbane - West · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Brisbane - West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over a quarter of workers in Brisbane - West now avoid a daily commute by working from home. This shift highlights a move away from traditional travel, though the area remains heavily reliant on private cars for most trips. While public transport use is higher than in most other areas, it has fallen significantly over the last decade.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 41.5% owning two. Only 5.4% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland average and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Brisbane - West, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 26.9% of people doing so—far above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. Meanwhile, 5.6% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little above the national figure but down 7.1 points from 2011.
26.9% ▲ +419.8%
Higher than 84% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.6% ▼ -56.1%
Higher than 86% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 5.6%
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 well-served by 130 public transport routes, mostly buses. With 1,116.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service frequency is well above the Queensland figure.
843
Lower than 63% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.46
Lower than 56% 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).
1,116.4
Higher than 58% 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).
130
Higher than 86% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Brisbane - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/304/brisbane-west/topic/transport