6.2% ▼ -38.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cannon Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cannon Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has become much more common in Cannon Hill, with 21.7% of people now doing so. This reflects a broader shift in how the area connects to the city, balancing high car use with some of the best public transport access in the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, though 6.2% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits just below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Cannon Hill splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (39%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is among the highest at this level at 6.3%, well above the Queensland figure of 3.0%. Almost half of workers drive, while 21.7% work from home, which is well above the state average.
21.7% ▲ +483.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.3% ▼ -54.9%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 6.3%
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.
The area is exceptionally well-served, with 48 stops and 31 routes, far more than most similar places. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the Queensland figure, and the bus is the dominant mode for 91.5% of users.
48
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.
7.16
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).
1,214.1
Higher than 87% 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).
31
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
21,238
Higher than 75% 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).
85,295
Higher than 75% 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).
50
Lower than 64% 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 into the city is very efficient, with a typical drive time of only 11 minutes. Residents also enjoy quick access to transit, with a typical 3-minute walk to the nearest stop, which is much lower than most areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
11
Lower than 94% 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 Cannon Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30519/cannon-hill/topic/transport