1.8% ▼ -46.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Banksia Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Banksia Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has become a common feature of life in Banksia Beach, with 20.2% of people doing so. Most residents rely heavily on their own cars to get around, while very few use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as only 1.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. About 44% of households own two vehicles, and another 12% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Banksia Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (37%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 20.2% of people work from home—a figure well above the Queensland average—only 0.7% of the workforce uses public transport to get to their jobs.
20.2% ▲ +167.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -39.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Bus services are the only option available, with 13 stops and one route serving the area. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.81
Higher than 65% 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).
179.2
Higher than 72% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 trip to the city takes 55 minutes by car. For those using public transport, the walk to the nearest stop usually takes about 9 minutes.
9
Lower than 56% 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.
55
Lower than 59% 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 Banksia Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30146/banksia-beach/topic/transport