2.0% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Drewvale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Drewvale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
High car ownership and a short drive to the city define daily travel in Drewvale. Very few households get by without a vehicle, though the area has a high number of bus routes and stops compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped for travel, with nearly half owning two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Drewvale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 64.6% of residents. While 14% work from home—about the same as the Queensland figure—only 3.1% use public transport to commute.
14.0% ▲ +402.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▼ -37.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 3.1%
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.
Bus services are plentiful, with 12 stops and 7 routes, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, the 81-minute transit time to the city is much higher than in most other places.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.51
Higher than 67% 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).
882.6
Higher than 85% 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).
7
Higher than 86% 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).
25,115
Higher than 53% 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).
81
Higher than 90% 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.
The drive time to the city is just 17 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. For those on foot, the walk to the nearest stop takes about 14 minutes, which is typical for this level.
14
Higher than 51% 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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 Drewvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30877/drewvale/topic/transport