2.8% ▼ -21.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Calvert · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Calvert
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 61% of working residents in Calvert drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars in this area. Most households own multiple vehicles, which is common given the lack of public transport use for commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 80.7% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Only 2.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Calvert, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 4 or more (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in Calvert uses public transport to get to work. While 14.6% of the workforce works from home, this is well below the national figure of 21%.
14.6% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Despite having a higher number of stops per 1,000 people than most areas, the actual number of weekly departures is far below the Queensland average. All available public transport is via bus, yet zero people are reachable within 45 minutes by transit.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.35
Higher than 79% 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).
385.0
Higher than 76% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
The walk to the nearest transport stop takes 24 minutes, which is longer than in most areas. It typically takes about 55 minutes to drive to the city.
24
Higher than 62% 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.
55
Lower than 59% 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 Calvert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30494/calvert/topic/transport