2.0% ▼ -27.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Doolandella · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Doolandella
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few homes in Doolandella go without a car, with only 2% of households lacking a vehicle. This makes the area much more car-dependent than the Queensland and national figures, though it offers better access to transport stops than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high here, as 46.3% of homes have two vehicles and 15.2% have three. Only 2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the 5.8% seen across Queensland.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Doolandella, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, while only 9.6% work from home, a figure far below the national average of 21%. About 3.3% of workers use public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
9.6% ▲ +155.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▼ -34.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 3.3%
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.
The area has five public transport stops and one route, both of which are more than most similar places. However, these are all bus services and the 84-minute transit time to the city is among the highest for this level.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.70
Higher than 60% 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).
69.5
Higher than 65% 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).
8,598
Higher than 56% 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).
39,330
Higher than 60% 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).
84
Higher than 94% 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.
Getting into the city by car takes only 19 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also live very close to transport, with a walk to the nearest stop taking just 2 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.
19
Lower than 84% 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 Doolandella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30863/doolandella/topic/transport