Annerley · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Annerley

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

More than twice as many homes in Annerley have no motor vehicle compared to the Queensland average. This reflects a community with exceptional transport options and a high number of people who can live without a car. The area is exceptionally well-connected, with many residents choosing public transport or working from home.

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📍 Annerley, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 11.5% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. Nearly half of all households rely on a single car, while 29.1% have two.

11.5% ▼ -24.2%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.1%
  • 2016: 13.3%
  • 2021: 11.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Annerley, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and No vehicle (11%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport use for work is well above the state and national figures, with 10% of workers using it. This is alongside a high number of people working from home (20.6%), which is well above the Queensland average.

20.6% ▲ +476.3%

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.6%
  • 2016: 3.9%
  • 2021: 20.6%

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

10.0% ▼ -47.1%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 18.9%
  • 2016: 17.8%
  • 2021: 10.0%

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 Annerley, Car (driver) is the majority at 51%; Worked at home is next at 25%.

Public transport access

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

The area is a major hub for transit, with 13 routes and 43 stops. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state average, meaning a typical resident can reach over 175,000 people within 45 minutes by transit.

3.62

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).

1,564.1

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).

47,309

Higher than 86% 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).

175,972

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).

35

Lower than 88% 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 to the city is fast, with a drive time of only 8 minutes. Residents also enjoy very quick access to transit, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking just 2 minutes.

2

Lower than 86% 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.

8

Lower than 97% 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 Annerley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30064/annerley/topic/transport