6.3% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Brassall · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Brassall
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 69% of workers in Brassall drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While the area has an abundance of public transport stops, very few residents actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 6.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Brassall splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here at 8.9%, a figure far below the national mark of 21%. Public transport use for work is also low at 1.3%, which is a little below the Queensland average.
8.9% ▲ +280.2%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -45.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 1.3%
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.
Brassall is well-served by 34 stops and three bus routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the weekly number of departures per 1,000 people is well below the state figure.
34
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.
2.81
Higher than 69% 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).
523.2
Higher than 79% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
12,115
Higher than 62% 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).
18,830
Lower than 52% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is relatively easy, with a short four-minute walk to the nearest stop and a 33-minute drive to the city, both of which are lower than most areas.
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.
33
Lower than 71% 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 Brassall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30362/brassall/topic/transport