8.9% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Eastern Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Eastern Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 62.5% of working residents in Eastern Heights drive themselves to work. While most households own at least one car, nearly 9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
A typical home here has one or two cars, but 8.9% of households have no vehicle at all. This is well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Eastern Heights splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is less common here than in the rest of Australia, with 11.5% of people doing so. Only 2.3% use public transport to get to work, which is about the same as the national figure.
11.5% ▲ +301.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▼ -47.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 2.3%
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.
Eastern Heights has 14 stops and 4 routes, meaning it has more stops and routes than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures is much lower than the Queensland average.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.86
Higher than 73% 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).
516.9
Higher than 79% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
17,975
Higher than 72% 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).
39,844
Higher than 60% 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 around is relatively convenient, with a typical six-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 31 minutes, which is lower than in most other areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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).
More for Eastern Heights
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Eastern Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30935/eastern-heights/topic/transport