2.8% ▼ -47.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Donnybrook · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Donnybrook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people rely on public transport in Donnybrook compared to the rest of the country, with 0% of workers using it to commute. This reflects a car-dependent area where most homes own multiple vehicles. The typical household has two cars, making private travel the primary way to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 36.4% owning two and 21.6% owning three. Only 2.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Donnybrook splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 63.9% of residents. While 14.6% work from home, which is about the same as the Queensland average, no one in the area uses public transport to commute.
14.6% ▲ +139.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 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 very limited here, with only one bus route and one stop serving the area. This means there are far fewer weekly departures per 1,000 people than the Queensland average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.51
Higher than 63% 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).
3.0
Higher than 57% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
It takes about 45 minutes to drive to the city, which is quicker than in most similar areas. However, walking to the nearest transport stop takes 29 minutes, which is longer than for most people.
29
Higher than 66% 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.
45
Lower than 65% 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 Donnybrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30862/donnybrook/topic/transport