5.6% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ashmore · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ashmore
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 4 stops per 1,000 people makes Ashmore a place with much better public transport access than most areas. While the neighbourhood is well-served by 53 stops and 7 different routes, most residents still rely on cars to get around. This mix of high accessibility and car dependence defines how people move through the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 38% of homes have two vehicles, though 5.6% of households have no motor vehicle at all. This lack of a car is much higher than in most similar areas, though it is about the same as the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Ashmore splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive, with 64.9% as the driver and 4% as a passenger. Only 12.8% work from home, which is well below the national figure of 21%. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 1.3%.
12.8% ▲ +161.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -29.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.3%
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.
The area has 53 public transport stops and 7 routes, which is more than about 91% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the Queensland figure, with buses providing 100% of the available services.
53
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.
4.27
Higher than 75% 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).
988.9
Higher than 86% 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).
7
Higher than 86% 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.
Getting to a nearby stop is very quick, with a typical walk of only 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 45 minutes, a figure that is lower than most similar areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
45
Lower than 65% 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)).
- 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 Ashmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30093/ashmore/topic/transport