7.5% ▼ -29.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Basin Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Basin Pocket
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 68% of working residents in Basin Pocket drive themselves to work. While most households own at least one car, about 7.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.5% of homes here have no motor vehicle, a figure slightly above the Queensland rate of 5.8%. For those with cars, 35% of homes have one vehicle and 33.2% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Basin Pocket splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here, with the 7.1% rate falling far below the Australian figure of 21%. Around 2.8% of workers use public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
7.1% ▲ +159.5%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.8% ▼ -66.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 a high number of public transport stops and departures per 1,000 people, both of which are far above the Queensland average. All public transport options are buses, with 15 stops serving the area.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
16.11
Higher than 90% 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).
1,224.5
Higher than 87% 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).
6,715
Lower than 63% 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.
Getting to a nearby stop is very quick, with a typical walk of just one minute. The drive time to the city is 32 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
32
Lower than 72% 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 Basin Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30182/basin-pocket/topic/transport