Amity · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Amity

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Not a single home in Amity is without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the state and national averages. This heavy reliance on cars is expected in a place where there are no public transport stops or routes available.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every household in Amity owns at least one vehicle, with about 36% owning two and 14% owning three. This means the area is well below the national figure for homes without a car.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.4%
  • 2016: 2.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Amity splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (42%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 38.5% of residents, while 12.8% work from home. This working-from-home rate is a little below the Queensland figure and well below the national average.

12.8% ▲ +19.0%

Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.8%
  • 2016: 6.0%
  • 2021: 12.8%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Amity, Car (driver) is the majority at 54%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is nonexistent here, with zero stops, routes, or departures. Consequently, no one in the area can reach other people via transit within 45 minutes, a result far below the state average.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

0

Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting into the city is a long trip for locals, with a typical drive time of 91 minutes, which is higher than most areas.

91

Higher than 63% 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 Amity [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30057/amity/topic/transport