3.2% ▼ -29.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Chelmer · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Chelmer
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than a third of workers in Chelmer now work from home, a figure far above the national average. This shift is part of a broader transport picture where high public transport access and a short 10-minute drive to the city make it one of the most connected areas in the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households here get by without a car, with only 3.2% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well below the Australian figure of 7.4%, and nearly half of all homes keep two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Chelmer, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 33.1%, which is far above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. Public transport use for commuting is also among the highest for similar areas, at 6.1%.
33.1% ▲ +376.2%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.1% ▼ -63.6%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 6.1%
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.
Connectivity is a major highlight, with 167,367 people reachable within 45 minutes by transit. The area has 53 public transport routes and 9 stops, with the train being the primary mode for 55% of users.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.71
Higher than 68% 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).
657.1
Higher than 81% 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).
53
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
42,421
Higher than 86% 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).
167,367
Higher than 86% 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).
32
Lower than 91% 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 quick, with a drive time of just 10 minutes. Residents also enjoy easy access to transit, with a typical walk of only 2 minutes to the nearest stop.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
10
Lower than 95% 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 Chelmer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30588/chelmer/topic/transport