4.5% ▼ -50.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Edge Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Edge Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nineteen public transport stops serve Edge Hill, giving it much better access to transit than most similar areas. While the neighbourhood is well connected to bus services, the vast majority of residents still rely on private cars for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 4.5% of households have no motor vehicle. This is higher than most similar areas, but a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Edge Hill splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (42%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 57.1% of people as the driver. Those working from home make up 15.0% of the workforce, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
15.0% ▲ +164.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -54.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
With 4.65 stops per 1,000 people, Edge Hill is much better served for transit than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the Queensland average.
19
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.
4.65
Higher than 76% 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).
522.5
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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Residents have excellent proximity to transit, with some living effectively zero minutes from their nearest stop.
0
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.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Edge Hill
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Edge Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30941/edge-hill/topic/transport