0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Banks Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Banks Pocket
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every single home in Banks Pocket has a motor vehicle, a rate well below the state and national figures. This heavy reliance on cars is clear in the daily routine, as 75% of workers drive themselves to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 87.4% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Banks Pocket, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 4 or more (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 5.4%. While 3.3% of people use public transport to get to work, the vast majority rely on their own cars.
5.4% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.3%
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.
Public transport is almost non-existent in the area, with no routes or stops available. This puts the local level of service far below the Queensland average.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around without a car is difficult, as it takes 34 minutes to walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is also much higher than in most other areas, taking 114 minutes.
34
Higher than 70% 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.
114
Higher than 77% 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).
More for Banks Pocket
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Banks Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30145/banks-pocket/topic/transport