5.6% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Browns Plains · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Browns Plains
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive increase in weekly departures has changed how people move in Browns Plains, with 1,629.8 trips per 1,000 people. While the area has plenty of bus stops, the typical trip to the city takes a long 85 minutes. Most residents still rely on cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 5.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households own either one or two cars, with 38.4% having one and 37.4% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Browns Plains splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Far fewer people work from home here than across Australia, with only 7.3% doing so. Most people drive to work, as 68.9% are the sole driver, while 2.8% use public transport.
7.3% ▲ +198.3%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.8% ▼ -49.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 2.8%
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.
The area is well served by buses, with 24 stops and 16 routes, which is larger than about 90% of similar areas. This is reflected in the 3.62 stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the Queensland figure.
24
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.62
Higher than 72% 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).
1,629.8
Higher than 90% 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).
16
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
8,161
Higher than 56% 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).
52,339
Higher than 66% 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).
85
Higher than 96% 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.
Getting to the nearest stop is very quick, with a typical walk of only 2 minutes. However, the drive time to the city is much lower than most other areas at 21 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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 Browns Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30395/browns-plains/topic/transport