13.6% ▲ +172.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Croydon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Croydon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the workforce in Croydon drive themselves to work, which is the most common way people get around. The area has no public transport services, meaning residents rely heavily on private cars or walking. Interestingly, 13.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13.6% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is among the highest for similar areas and well above the Queensland figure. However, most households do own cars, with 31.8% owning two vehicles and 19.7% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Croydon splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (32%) and 1 vehicle (28%), with 3 vehicles at 20%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a common choice for 19.6% of workers, while only 5.2% work from home, which is far below the national figure. No one uses public transport to get to work, reflecting the lack of available services.
5.2% ▼ -72.4%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Croydon. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the Queensland average, leaving the area with zero transit access per 1,000 people.
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).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Croydon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30760/croydon/topic/transport