8.1% ▼ -24.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Alderley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Alderley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Alderley than in the state average, with 24.2% of the workforce doing so. This inner-city area is highly connected, with a very short drive to the city and a public transport network that is far above the Queensland average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. Most households keep one or two cars, with 40.4% having one and 37.1% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Alderley splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is among the highest for this type of area at 7.4%, well above the national figure of 3.1%. Many residents avoid commuting entirely, as the 24.2% working from home is far above the Queensland average.
24.2% ▲ +565.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.4% ▼ -60.4%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 7.4%
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.
Public transport access is exceptional, with 7.11 stops per 1,000 people compared to 2.99 across Queensland. Weekly departures are also among the highest at this level, with 1,747.8 departures per 1,000 people.
48
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.11
Higher than 86% 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).
1,747.8
Higher than 90% 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).
16
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
53,275
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
150,332
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
33
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is convenient, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes only 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is also among the lowest at just 7 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
7
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Alderley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30026/alderley/topic/transport