Draper · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Draper

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Far fewer homes in Draper go without a car compared to the national figure, with only 1.8% having no motor vehicle. Most residents rely heavily on private transport or work from home, as the area has no public transport stops or routes.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 86.8% of households owning two or more vehicles. Only 1.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.

1.8% ▼ -27.3%

Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 1.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Draper, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 4 or more (22%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common in Draper, with 29.4% of people doing so, a figure far above the Queensland average. While 48.4% of workers drive, only 1.7% use public transport, which is a little below the national figure.

29.4% ▲ +103.8%

Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.4%
  • 2016: 10.8%
  • 2021: 29.4%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.7% ▼ -64.6%

Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.8%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 2021: 1.7%

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.

How people get to work

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In Draper, Car (driver) is the majority at 58%; Worked at home is next at 35%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. Consequently, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.

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.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

A 24-minute drive to the city is much lower than in most similar areas. However, the 63-minute walk to the nearest transport stop is much higher than in most other places.

63

Higher than 87% 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.

24

Lower than 79% 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 Draper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30875/draper/topic/transport