Erakala · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Erakala

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Zero people in Erakala use public transport to get to work, a figure well below the national average. This is a car-dependent area where almost every home owns at least one vehicle, and most have several.

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📍 Erakala, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Erakala has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figures. About 45% of households own two vehicles, and 25.4% have three.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Erakala, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 4 or more (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work, with 68.9% of people as the driver. Only 7.3% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.

7.3% ▲ +74.2%

Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.2%
  • 2016: 9.1%
  • 2021: 7.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.6%
  • 2016: 2.4%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Erakala, Car (driver) is the majority at 82%; Worked at home is next at 9%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in Erakala, leaving the area far below the Queensland average for service access.

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Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Walking to the nearest transport stop takes typically 55 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.

55

Higher than 82% 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 Erakala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30981/erakala/topic/transport