0.5% ▼ -36.5%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Eatons Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Eatons Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift toward flexible work is evident in Eatons Hill, where nearly one in five residents now work from home. Car reliance remains the dominant way to get around, but the area has a higher number of public transport stops than most similar places. This creates a contrast between high vehicle ownership and the presence of local transit options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households get by without a car, with only 0.5% having no motor vehicle, a figure well below the Queensland and national rates. Most homes are well-equipped, as 69.6% of households own either two or three vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Eatons Hill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 1 vehicle (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 58.2% of residents. About 19.7% of people work from home, which is well above the Queensland average, while 1.7% use public transport—a figure that is a little below the national average.
19.7% ▲ +299.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -60.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 1.7%
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.
While 100% of local public transport is provided by buses, the area has 14 stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.
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.
1.79
Higher than 64% 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).
371.6
Higher than 76% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
7,822
Higher than 55% 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).
7,822
Lower than 62% 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.
The drive time to the city is 25 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. In contrast, the 21-minute walk to the nearest stop is higher than in most other areas.
21
Higher than 60% 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.
25
Lower than 79% 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 Eatons Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30937/eatons-hill/topic/transport