13.1% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 90% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Brisbane Inner City · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Brisbane Inner City
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 1,500 public transport stops serve Brisbane Inner City, making it one of the best-connected hubs in the region. This high level of access helps explain why 13.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13.1% of households do not own a car, which is well above the 7.4% national figure. Most homes have only one vehicle, though this car-free trend fell slightly by 1.3 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Brisbane Inner City, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and No vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is much more common here than in most areas, with 25% of people doing so. While 8.9% of residents use public transport to commute—well above the state figure—this is down 8.4 percentage points from 2011.
25.0% ▲ +463.5%
Higher than 80% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.9% ▼ -48.5%
Higher than 99% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 8.9%
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 has far more transport options than the state average, with 5.14 stops per 1,000 people. This is backed by 351 different routes and a very high number of weekly departures.
1,501
Higher than 64% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.14
Higher than 68% 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).
2,440.6
Higher than 93% 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).
351
Higher than 99% 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 Inner City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/305/brisbane-inner-city/topic/transport