Borallon · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Borallon

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every single household in Borallon owns a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This heavy reliance on cars is mirrored in how people get to work and the complete lack of local public transport options.

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📍 Borallon, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home in the area has at least one vehicle, with 72% of households owning two or more. This is well below the Queensland and Australian figures for homes without a car.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Borallon, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 3 vehicles (28%) and 4 or more (22%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Cars are the primary way to get to work for 63.2% of residents. Very few people work from home at 7.9%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.

7.9%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 7.1%
  • 2021: 7.9%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Borallon, Car (driver) is the majority at 89%; Worked at home is next at 11%.

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 no residents can reach other people via transit within 45 minutes, leaving the area far below the Queensland average for service access.

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.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

A trip to the city takes about 41 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 65 minutes, a time that is much higher than most areas.

65

Higher than 88% 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.

41

Lower than 67% 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 Borallon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30334/borallon/topic/transport