5.5% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Boondall · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Boondall
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 40% of homes now have two cars, making Boondall a place where most households rely on private vehicles. While the area is well-served by public transport, the typical commute to the city remains a relatively long trip.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 40.2% owning two. However, 5.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Boondall splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is among the highest for its level at 4.7%, slightly above the national figure. About 17.3% of people work from home, which is well above the Queensland average.
17.3% ▲ +558.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.7% ▼ -58.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 4.7%
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.
Boondall has a very high number of transport stops and 17 different routes, far exceeding the state average. Bus services are the primary mode, making up 88.2% of public transport use.
46
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.
4.79
Higher than 77% 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).
703.0
Higher than 82% 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).
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
9,596
Higher than 58% 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).
54,432
Higher than 66% 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).
59
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city by car takes only 17 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy easy access to transit, with a typical four-minute walk to the nearest stop.
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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 Boondall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30324/boondall/topic/transport