1.4% ▼ -22.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Annandale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Annandale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 71% of workers in Annandale drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars. While public transport infrastructure is better than in many similar areas, very few people actually use it for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with nearly half of all homes owning two vehicles and only 1.4% having none. This lack of car-free households is well below both the Queensland and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Annandale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.5% of people use public transport to get to work, and the 4.8% who work from home is far below the national figure. Most residents rely on cars, with 71.5% driving themselves and 5.4% travelling as passengers.
4.8% ▲ +57.8%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -30.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Annandale has more stops and routes than most similar areas, including 31 stops across three bus routes. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the Queensland average.
31
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.70
Higher than 72% 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).
496.2
Higher than 78% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
The typical resident takes about 7 minutes to walk to their nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for its level.
7
Lower than 61% 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 Annandale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30063/annandale/topic/transport