1.5% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Chatsworth · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Chatsworth
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few households in Chatsworth go without a car, making it a place where private transport is essential. Only 1.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This reliance on cars is reflected in how people get to work and the lack of local public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 43.4% of households owning two vehicles. Only 1.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the Queensland and Australian averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Chatsworth, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 71.9% of people being the driver. Only 8.6% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
8.6% ▲ +30.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -48.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 virtually non-existent here, with zero stops and zero routes. This is far below the Queensland average of 2.99 stops per 1,000 people.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Reaching the city takes a long time, with a typical drive of 111 minutes. This is much higher than most similar areas, as is the 66-minute walk to the nearest stop.
66
Higher than 89% 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.
111
Higher than 75% 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 Chatsworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30586/chatsworth/topic/transport