4.5% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Carindale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Carindale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people in Carindale rely on cars today than in previous years, with 22.1% of workers now staying home for their jobs. This shift toward flexible work happens alongside a public transport network that is far more extensive than the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 43.1% own two. Only 4.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Carindale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 22.1% of people doing so—well above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. Those who do travel mostly drive, though 5.0% use public transport, which is among the highest rates for similar areas.
22.1% ▲ +374.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.0% ▼ -53.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 5.0%
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.
The area has a very strong bus network with 85 stops and 25 routes, which is among the largest for its size. With 5.14 stops per 1,000 people, transit access is far above the Queensland average.
85
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.14
Higher than 78% 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).
2,019.7
Higher than 92% 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).
25
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
23,388
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).
84,290
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).
47
Lower than 70% 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 city is relatively quick, with a typical drive time of just 13 minutes. Residents also have easy access to transit, with a typical four-minute walk to the nearest stop.
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.
13
Lower than 91% 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 Carindale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30540/carindale/topic/transport