1.0% ▼ -26.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Branyan · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Branyan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Branyan has a car, making private vehicles essential for daily life. Only 1% of households lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in how people travel to work and the limited use of other options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 42.3% owning two and 20.1% owning three. This high level of ownership means far fewer homes are without a vehicle compared to the Queensland average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Branyan, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 74.1% of people as the driver. Very few people work from home at 4.2%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
4.2% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -32.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 is limited to bus services, with only 0.2% of people using it to commute. While the area has more routes and stops than many similar places, weekly departures are far below the state average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.21
Higher than 58% 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).
11.8
Higher than 58% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to public transport is difficult for residents, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 79 minutes. This is among the highest times for this level of area.
79
Higher than 96% 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.
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)).
- 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 Branyan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30361/branyan/topic/transport