6.0% ▼ -22.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Carina · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Carina
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 1,100 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people make Carina one of the best-connected areas in the region. This accessibility is reflected in a high number of public transport routes and a very short walk to the nearest stop. It is a place where many residents work from home or use transit to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 41% of homes in Carina have one vehicle and 39% have two. Those with no motor vehicle make up 6% of households, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Carina splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 21% of people doing so, which is well above the Queensland figure. Public transport use for commuting is also among the highest at this level at 6.2%.
21.0% ▲ +545.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.2% ▼ -50.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 6.2%
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.
Carina has 16 public transport routes and 34 stops, figures that are among the largest for similar areas. This strong network allows nearly 91,500 people to be reached within 45 minutes by transit.
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.
2.91
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).
1,130.9
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).
16
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
23,971
Higher than 77% 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).
91,475
Higher than 77% 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 fast, with a drive time of just 12 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. A typical walk to the nearest stop takes only 1 minute.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
12
Lower than 92% 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 Carina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30538/carina/topic/transport