Bracalba · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Bracalba

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

Far more people work from home in Bracalba than in most similar areas. With a tiny fraction of the population using public transport and a long drive to the city, the community relies almost entirely on private cars.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Bracalba has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. Over half of all households own two or three vehicles.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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 Bracalba, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 3 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (14%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, with 28.3% of people doing so—far above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. No one in the area commutes using public transport.

28.3% ▲ +79.2%

Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.8%
  • 2016: 17.3%
  • 2021: 28.3%

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: 3.9%
  • 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 Bracalba, Car (driver) is the majority at 61%; Worked at home is next at 39%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is virtually non-existent in Bracalba, with no stops or routes available. This is far below the Queensland average for transport access.

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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.

Getting to the city is a slow process for locals, with a typical drive time of 116 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

116

Higher than 78% 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 Bracalba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30351/bracalba/topic/transport