1.2% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Avondale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Avondale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A car is essential for daily life in Avondale, where only 1.2% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure, reflecting a community that relies almost entirely on private transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least two vehicles, with 38.4% owning two and another 30.2% owning three or more. This high level of vehicle ownership is consistent with the area's lack of public transport.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Avondale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 67.1% of people as the main driver. Only 5.3% of residents work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
5.3% ▼ -35.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 effectively non-existent here, with zero stops and zero routes serving the area. This is far below the Queensland average and explains why only 1.1% of workers use public transit.
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).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Avondale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30109/avondale/topic/transport