4.1% ▼ -44.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Brighton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Brighton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops than most similar areas serve Brighton, though most people still rely on cars. While the suburb has excellent local access to transit, it takes much longer than usual to reach the city by public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 43% of homes in Brighton have two motor vehicles. Only 4.1% of households have no vehicle, which is a little below the Queensland figure and well below the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Brighton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, while 19.2% work from home, which is well above the state average. Only 3% of the workforce uses public transport, a figure about the same as the state and national levels.
19.2% ▲ +376.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% ▼ -57.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 3.0%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Brighton has an impressive 70 public transport stops, with 7.24 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Queensland figure. However, the 81-minute transit time to the city is much higher than most similar areas.
70
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.
7.24
Higher than 86% 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).
869.7
Higher than 85% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
9,664
Higher than 58% 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).
16,490
Lower than 54% 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).
81
Higher than 90% 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.
Residents enjoy a short 4-minute walk to the nearest stop, which is lower than most areas. For those driving, the 27-minute trip to the city is much lower than in most similar places.
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.
27
Lower than 77% 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 Brighton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30373/brighton/topic/transport