11.0% ▲ +28.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Aitkenvale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Aitkenvale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Aitkenvale has seen a shift in how people move and work since 2011, with a growing reliance on local infrastructure. While most residents use cars, there are 11 different public transport routes serving the area. This creates a unique mix where many people have easy access to buses, yet a high number of homes still lack their own vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
A high 11% of homes in Aitkenvale have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households do have a car, with 38.1% owning one vehicle and 34.9% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Aitkenvale splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with No vehicle at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here, at just 5%, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Most residents drive to work, though the 1.7% who use public transport is much higher than in most similar areas.
5.0% ▲ +74.8%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.7%
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.
The area is well served by 12 bus stops, with weekly departures per 1,000 people far above the Queensland average. There are 11 different routes available, making this one of the largest networks for an area of this size.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.50
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,589.1
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality 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).
11
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality 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 to a stop is relatively easy for residents, with a typical walking time of 6 minutes, which is lower than in most other areas.
6
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality 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.
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 Aitkenvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30018/aitkenvale/topic/transport