7.3% ▼ -23.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Beaudesert · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Beaudesert
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people use public transport in Beaudesert, where a huge majority of workers rely on cars. While the area has more transport stops than many similar places, the typical walk to the nearest one takes 21 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 33% owning two and 11.6% owning three. However, 7.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most other areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Beaudesert, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 68.7% of people. Only 7.7% work from home, a figure far below the national average of 21%.
7.7% ▲ +101.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 provided entirely by buses, with 7 stops and one route serving the area. Despite this, the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.04
Higher than 61% 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).
119.1
Higher than 71% 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.
The drive time to the city is 51 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas. However, it takes longer than usual to reach the nearest transport stop on foot.
21
Higher than 60% 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.
51
Lower than 61% 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 Beaudesert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30193/beaudesert/topic/transport