4.4% ▲ +92.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Chambers Flat · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Chambers Flat
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people use public transport in Chambers Flat, as the area has seen a continued reliance on private cars. Most households own multiple vehicles, which is a necessity given the lack of local transit options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 22.6% own four or more. Only 4.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Chambers Flat, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 31%, followed by 2 vehicles (24%) and 4 or more (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 66.2% of people as the driver. Only 12.6% work from home, which is well below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
12.6% ▲ +65.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -64.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Public transport is almost non-existent here, with zero stops and zero routes serving the area. This means the number of public transport stops per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
8,869
Lower than 60% 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.
It takes a typical 32 minutes to drive to the city. Because there is no local transit, the walk to the nearest stop takes 43 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
43
Higher than 75% 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.
32
Lower than 72% 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 Chambers Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30577/chambers-flat/topic/transport