4.2% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Drayton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Drayton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 70% of working residents in Drayton drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While public transport infrastructure is surprisingly available, very few people actually use it for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, and only 4.2% of households have no motor vehicle. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 5.8% and well below the Australian average of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Drayton splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport for work, at just 0.4%. This is far below the national figure, and only 4.6% of residents work from home, which is much lower than in most other areas.
4.6% ▲ +115.8%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -38.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
Drayton has 18 public transport stops, providing 9.93 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Queensland figure. With two bus routes, the number of weekly departures is also much higher than in most similar areas.
18
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.93
Higher than 87% 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).
730.8
Higher than 83% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 8 minutes. However, the drive time to the city is 92 minutes, which is higher than in most areas.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
92
Higher than 64% 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).
More for Drayton
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Drayton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30876/drayton/topic/transport