5.5% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Archerfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Archerfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 63% of workers in Archerfield drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way people get around. While the area is well-connected by buses, it takes longer than usual to reach the city by public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 5.5% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, despite being about the same as the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Archerfield, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is less common here than in most areas, at 12.8%. However, 4.9% of people commute using public transport, which is among the highest for this level and a little above the national figure.
12.8% ▲ +453.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.9% ▼ -30.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 4.9%
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.
Archerfield has a high density of services, with 26.27 stops per 1,000 people and 4,394 weekly departures—both far above the state figure. All of these services are buses, though the trip to the city takes 64 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
26.27
Higher than 96% 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).
4,394.0
Higher 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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).
26,240
Higher than 53% 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).
64
Higher than 64% 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.
The drive time to the city is just 14 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 7 minutes.
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.
14
Lower than 90% 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 Archerfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30081/archerfield/topic/transport