0.7% ▲ +158.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Doonan · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Doonan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Doonan lack a car compared to the rest of the country, with only 0.7% of households without a vehicle. This heavy reliance on private cars is a defining feature of the area, where the vast majority of residents depend on their own transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 43.3% owning two and 22.5% owning three. This means Doonan has a much lower rate of car-less homes than the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Doonan, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 22.7% of the workforce doing so—well above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. For those who do travel, 56.9% drive as the primary operator.
22.7% ▲ +70.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -23.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 almost non-existent in Doonan, which has zero stops and routes. This is far below the Queensland average for transport access.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around without a car is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 76 minutes. This is among the highest walking times for similar areas.
76
Higher than 94% 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.
81
Higher than 57% 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)).
- 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 Doonan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30866/doonan/topic/transport