3.6% ▼ -23.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Birkdale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Birkdale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people are working from home in Birkdale than in previous years, though car travel remains the main way to get around. The area is well connected, with a short 4-minute walk to the nearest stop and a relatively quick 23-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 41.7% have two. Only 3.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a figure well below the Australian average of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Birkdale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the most common way to get to work for 62.2% of people. Around 16% work from home, while 2.7% use public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
16.0% ▲ +261.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.7% ▼ -57.1%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 2.7%
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.
Birkdale has a high number of public transport stops and routes, with 3.64 stops per 1,000 people. However, the number of weekly departures is well below the Queensland figure.
54
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.64
Higher than 72% 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).
456.7
Higher than 78% 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).
19
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
15,230
Higher than 68% 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).
27,123
Higher than 54% 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 around is relatively easy, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only 4 minutes. This is lower than most areas, and the 23-minute drive to the city is also much lower than most.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
23
Lower than 80% 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 Birkdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30261/birkdale/topic/transport