7.9% ▼ -24.5%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cleveland · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cleveland
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than five times the state average of public transport stops per 1,000 people makes Cleveland a highly accessible hub. While most homes rely on cars, this is a well-connected area where the city is only a 27-minute drive away.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.9% of homes in Cleveland have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households own either one or two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Cleveland splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 60.3% of residents. About 15.9% work from home, which is a little above the Queensland figure but well below the national average of 21.0%.
15.9% ▲ +204.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▼ -60.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 2.3%
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.
Public transport is plentiful here, with 26 routes and 87 stops. There are 5.49 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Queensland figure of 2.99.
87
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.49
Higher than 79% 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).
890.5
Higher than 86% 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).
26
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
15,851
Higher than 69% 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).
58,067
Higher than 68% 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.
Getting around is easy, with a typical two-minute walk to the nearest stop. This is much lower than most areas, and the drive time to the city is also much lower than usual at 27 minutes.
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.
27
Lower than 77% 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 Cleveland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30622/cleveland/topic/transport