12.3% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
East Brisbane · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in East Brisbane
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people live without a car in East Brisbane than in most similar areas. This trend is likely linked to the suburb's exceptional transit connectivity and short 6-minute drive to the city. About 12.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the national average of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Typical homes here most often have one vehicle (44.9%) or two (30.3%). The proportion of households with no car is well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In East Brisbane, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is well above the national figure, with 9.8% of workers using it. This is a high-flexibility area where 22.4% of people work from home, which is well above the state average of 14.1%.
22.4% ▲ +483.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
9.8% ▼ -49.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 9.8%
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 a major feature here, with 13 routes and weekly departures per 1,000 people that are far above the Queensland figure. Access is primarily via bus, with 22 stops serving the area.
22
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.
3.56
Higher than 72% 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).
1,959.3
Higher than 91% 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).
13
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
40,546
Higher than 86% 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).
215,935
Higher than 87% 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).
34
Lower than 89% 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 suburb is highly accessible, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 1 minute. This is much lower than most other areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
6
Lower than 99% 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 East Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30919/east-brisbane/topic/transport