1.9% ▼ -54.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bli Bli · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bli Bli
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 68% of workers in Bli Bli drive themselves to work, highlighting a strong reliance on private cars. The area is very vehicle-dependent, with only 1.9% of homes lacking a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 43.6% owning two vehicles and 14.6% owning three. This high level of ownership means far fewer homes are without a car compared to the Queensland and Australian averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bli Bli, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to travel, while only 0.9% of people use public transport to get to work. At the same time, 11.8% of residents work from home, which is well below the national figure.
11.8% ▲ +149.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -28.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
While Bli Bli has more stops and routes than many similar areas, its 281.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland average. All public transport services in the area are buses.
22
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.17
Higher than 66% 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).
281.2
Higher than 74% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 8 minutes. From Bli Bli, the drive time to the city is around 77 minutes.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
77
Higher than 55% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bli Bli [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30287/bli-bli/topic/transport