6.2% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bloomfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bloomfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people use public transport in Bloomfield than the state or national average. This area relies heavily on private cars, although nearly a quarter of workers avoid the commute entirely by working from home. The lack of available transit services makes vehicle ownership a necessity for most residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 33.3% of households own two. While 6.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, this is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bloomfield, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nobody uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Instead, 23.6% of people work from home, a rate well above the Queensland average of 14.1%.
23.6% ▲ +328.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bloomfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30288/bloomfield/topic/transport