1.8% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Eimeo · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Eimeo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Three quarters of working residents in Eimeo drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars. Very few people here work from home or use public transport, though the area has more transport stops than many similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 47.1% of homes having two vehicles and only 1.8% having none. This lack of car-free homes is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Eimeo, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 4.8%. While 1.4% of people use public transport to get to work, this is actually much higher than in most similar areas.
4.8% ▲ +60.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -45.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 has two public transport stops and one bus route, which is more than about 72% of similar areas. However, the 29.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.61
Higher than 60% 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).
29.8
Higher than 61% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Getting to the nearest stop is easier here than in most similar areas, with a typical walk of only 3 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Eimeo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30951/eimeo/topic/transport