1.1% ▲ +26.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Anstead · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Anstead
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Anstead has seen a shift towards flexible work, with nearly 30% of residents now working from home. This reliance on home-based work and private cars defines the area, where almost every household owns at least one vehicle and public transport is largely absent.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are essential here, as only 1.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 44.2% owning two vehicles and another 41% owning three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Anstead, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 4 or more (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common, with 29.9% of residents doing so—far above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. While 49.8% of workers drive themselves to work, only 1.4% use public transport, which is a little below the national average.
29.9% ▲ +218.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -71.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 is virtually non-existent in Anstead, with no stops or routes serving the area. This puts the local service far below the Queensland average of 2.99 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
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.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The area is a short 21-minute drive to the city, which is much lower than most similar areas. However, walking to the nearest transport stop takes 34 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
34
Higher than 70% 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.
21
Lower than 82% 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 Anstead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30065/anstead/topic/transport