10.7% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
East Ipswich · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in East Ipswich
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 61% of workers in East Ipswich drive themselves to work, making the car the most common way to get around. While car use is high, 10.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure. This high number of car-free households is consistent with the area's excellent access to public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Homes without a motor vehicle are much more common here than in most areas, at 10.7%. For those who do own cars, the most typical setup is having just one vehicle, which applies to 44.5% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In East Ipswich, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A little more than the national figure use public transport to get to work, at 4.3%. Meanwhile, 10.6% of people work from home, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 21%.
10.6% ▲ +405.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.3% ▼ -60.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 4.3%
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.
East Ipswich has 15 public transport stops and 26 different routes, which is among the largest number of routes for an area of this size. With 6.46 stops per 1,000 people, the number of stops is far above the Queensland average.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.46
Higher than 83% 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).
724.7
Higher than 82% 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).
26
Higher than 87% 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).
24,690
Higher than 52% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest stop is very easy, with a typical walk time of just one minute. The drive time to the city is 31 minutes, which is lower than in most 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.
31
Lower than 73% 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 Ipswich [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30928/east-ipswich/topic/transport