2.8% ▼ -33.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bald Hills · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bald Hills
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 28-minute drive to the city makes Bald Hills a convenient spot for commuters. Most households here rely heavily on cars, though a strong public transport network provides an alternative for those heading into the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households go without a car, with only 2.8% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, and nearly 45% of homes have two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bald Hills, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 58.4% of people. About 14.3% work from home, while 5.6% use public transport, which is a little above the national figure of 3.1%.
14.3% ▲ +458.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.6% ▼ -46.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 5.6%
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 widely available with 22 different routes and 33 stops. This gives Bald Hills 4.71 stops per 1,000 people, which is much higher than the Queensland figure of 2.99.
33
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.71
Higher than 76% 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).
524.9
Higher than 79% 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).
22
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
7,826
Higher than 55% 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).
7,826
Lower than 62% 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.
A typical resident faces a 15-minute walk to the nearest transport stop. The area is well-positioned for travel, with a drive time to the city that is much lower than most similar areas.
15
Higher than 53% 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.
28
Lower than 76% 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 Bald Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30123/bald-hills/topic/transport