0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Colinton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Colinton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly every household in Colinton relies on a car to get around. This is a remote area where 64.3% of workers operate from home, and the drive to the city takes a long 129 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with every single home owning at least one motor vehicle. This is well below the state and national figures for homes with no vehicle, as 60% of households have two or more cars.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Colinton splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than in the rest of Queensland or Australia, with 64.3% of the workforce doing so. Of those who do travel, 25% drive themselves, while no one uses public transport to get to work.
64.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 64.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 in the area, with zero stops or routes available. This means no residents can reach other people via transit within 45 minutes, a figure far below the state average.
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Daily travel is dominated by the car, as the drive time to the city is 129 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
129
Higher than 86% 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).
More for Colinton
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Colinton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30648/colinton/topic/transport