2.7% ▼ -16.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bracken Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bracken Ridge
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 3% of homes lack a car in Bracken Ridge, making it an area where vehicle ownership is much higher than across the state. While most people rely on cars, the suburb has a very high number of public transport stops and routes compared to similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 44.2% having two and 14.2% having three. Only 2.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the Queensland and Australian numbers.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bracken Ridge, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 58.9% of residents, while 14.6% work from home. About 4.4% commute by public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
14.6% ▲ +477.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.4% ▼ -50.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 4.4%
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.
Public transport access is a strength here, with 77 stops and 7 routes, both among the highest for its level. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the state figure, though the trip to the city takes much longer than in most areas.
77
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.40
Higher than 75% 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).
987.1
Higher than 86% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
17,488
Higher than 71% 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).
44,681
Higher than 62% 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).
71
Higher than 76% 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.
The drive time to the city is 21 minutes, which is much lower than in most similar areas. A typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 8 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.
21
Lower than 82% 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 Bracken Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30353/bracken-ridge/topic/transport