8.9% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Coorparoo · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Coorparoo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 7-minute drive to the city makes Coorparoo one of the most accessible places in the region. This ease of movement is reflected in the high number of people who choose not to own a car and the large number of residents using public transport compared to the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.9% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households rely on one or two cars, with 45.4% having a single vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Coorparoo, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and No vehicle (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 22.7%, which is a little above the national figure. Public transport use for commuting is also among the highest for similar areas, sitting well above the Australian average of 3.1%.
22.7% ▲ +501.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
9.5% ▼ -49.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 9.5%
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 options are plentiful, with 78 stops and 38 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the Queensland figure, and the 34-minute transit time to the city is much lower than most areas.
78
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.30
Higher than 75% 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).
1,415.3
Higher than 88% 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).
38
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
38,552
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).
207,972
Higher than 87% 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).
34
Lower than 89% 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.
Daily travel is convenient, as the walk to the nearest stop typically takes only 3 minutes. This is much lower than in most other areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
7
Lower than 99% 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 Coorparoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30707/coorparoo/topic/transport