5.5% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Centenary Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Centenary Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Cars are the primary way to get around Centenary Heights, where 70.6% of workers drive themselves to their jobs. While the area has plenty of bus stops, very few people actually use public transport or work from home compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 5.5% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households own one or two cars, with 43.8% having just one and 36.1% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Centenary Heights, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 6.2%. Public transport use for commuting is also very low at 0.3%, which is a little below the national figure.
6.2% ▲ +193.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -50.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 has 31 public transport stops and 2 routes, putting it among the largest for access at this level. However, the 325.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.
31
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.
5.04
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).
325.7
Higher than 75% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to the nearest stop takes no time for many, which is among the lowest results for this level. Despite this, the drive time to the city is higher than most areas.
0
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.
86
Higher than 60% 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)).
- 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 Centenary Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30574/centenary-heights/topic/transport