0.9% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Elimbah · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Elimbah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Elimbah lack a car compared to the national figure, with only 0.9% of households without one. This high level of vehicle ownership defines how people move in this area, where the vast majority rely on private transport for their daily needs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 84.3% of households owning two or more vehicles. This explains why the proportion of homes without a car is well below the Queensland and Australian figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Elimbah, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 4 or more (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 62.7% of residents. About 13.2% work from home, which is about the same as the Queensland figure but well below the national average.
13.2% ▲ +90.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -64.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 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.
While Elimbah has 25 public transport routes and 3 stops, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure. Trains are the main mode of transit, accounting for 81.3% of use.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.70
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).
68.5
Higher than 65% 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).
25
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
4,290
Higher than 50% 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).
4,290
Lower than 66% 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.
It takes about 47 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most similar areas. A walk to the nearest public transport stop typically takes around 15 minutes.
15
Higher than 53% 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.
47
Lower than 63% 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 Elimbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30961/elimbah/topic/transport