5.1% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Eight Mile Plains · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Eight Mile Plains
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 13-minute drive to the city makes Eight Mile Plains a highly connected hub for commuters. Public transport is a major feature here, with the area offering more routes and stops than most similar places, and a travel time to the city that is much lower than usual.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 41.2% owning two. Only 5.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas but about the same as the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Eight Mile Plains, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is among the highest at this level, at 7.5%, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. Meanwhile, 17% of people work from home, a rate that is a little above the state average but well below the Australian figure.
17.0% ▲ +357.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.5% ▼ -50.9%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 7.5%
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.
The area is well served by 10 bus routes and 46 stops, providing more weekly departures per person than most areas. This accessibility means 96,493 people can be reached within 45 minutes by transit, a figure larger than about 79% of similar areas.
46
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.00
Higher than 69% 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).
855.3
Higher than 85% 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).
10
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
15,186
Higher than 67% 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).
96,493
Higher than 78% 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).
41
Lower than 79% 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.
It is a quick 13-minute drive to the city, which is much lower than most areas. For those on foot, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 7 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
13
Lower than 91% 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 Eight Mile Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30950/eight-mile-plains/topic/transport