2.7% ▼ -15.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Arana Hills · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Arana Hills
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people now work from home in Arana Hills than in the past, with 20.8% of workers doing so. This reflects a shift in how the community connects to the city, though the area remains heavily reliant on cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here have at least one car, and 44.4% own two. Only 2.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Arana Hills, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, though 20.8% work from home, a figure well above the state average of 14.1%. A small number of people—3.8%—use public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
20.8% ▲ +407.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.8% ▼ -58.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 strong with 36 stops and 3 routes, far above the state average for stops per 1,000 people. However, the trip to the city takes 79 minutes, which is much longer than in most areas.
36
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.
5.16
Higher than 78% 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).
414.6
Higher than 77% 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).
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).
24,313
Higher than 52% 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).
79
Higher than 87% 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 by car is quick, taking only 16 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also have easy access to transit, with a typical 4-minute walk to the nearest stop.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
16
Lower than 87% 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 Arana Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30074/arana-hills/topic/transport