0.7% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 0.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Chandler · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Chandler
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people work from home in Chandler than in most similar areas, with nearly a quarter of the workforce doing so. This is a car-reliant place where almost every household owns at least one vehicle, and many have three or more.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a car, with only 0.7% having none, a figure well below the national 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, as 82.9% of homes own two or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Chandler, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 33%, followed by 4 or more (26%) and 3 vehicles (25%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 24.4%, which is far above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. Only 1.1% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the national average.
24.4% ▲ +89.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -65.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 high number of public transport stops and departures per person compared to the rest of the state. All transit services here are buses, with 10 different routes operating in the area.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.81
Higher than 87% 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).
2,619.0
Higher than 95% 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).
10
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
7,550
Higher than 55% 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).
7,550
Lower than 62% 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 just 19 minutes to drive to the city, which is much lower than most similar areas. However, walking to the nearest transport stop takes about 26 minutes, which is higher than in most areas.
26
Higher than 63% 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.
19
Lower than 84% 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 Chandler [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30579/chandler/topic/transport