4.6% ▼ -26.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Chermside West · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Chermside West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Better than most areas for transit access, Chermside West offers a quick 14-minute drive to the city. It is a well-connected hub where public transport is far more available than across the rest of Queensland.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 42.5% owning two. Only 4.6% 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 Chermside West, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 17.9% of people work from home, a figure well above the Queensland average. Another 4.3% use public transport to get to work, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
17.9% ▲ +421.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.3% ▼ -57.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 is highly accessible with 32 public transport stops and 13 routes, all of which are buses. With 1,218.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service levels are far above the state figure.
32
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.
4.59
Higher than 76% 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).
1,218.2
Higher than 87% 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).
13
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
56,695
Higher than 87% 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).
155,663
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).
42
Lower than 78% 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 around is convenient, as the walk to the nearest stop is among the lowest in the region. The 14-minute drive time to the city is much lower than in most other 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.
14
Lower than 90% 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 Chermside West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30594/chermside-west/topic/transport