2.7% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Federal · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Federal
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero public transport stops serve the people of Federal, making it an area almost entirely dependent on private cars. While nearly a quarter of homes have four or more vehicles, the lack of transit options is clear as no one uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes are well-equipped for travel, with 32.7% owning two vehicles and 23% owning four or more. Only 2.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Federal, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 32%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 4 or more (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, with 70.7% of people driving. Working from home is far less common here than elsewhere, with only 7% doing so compared to the national figure of 21%.
7.0% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport routes or stops in the area. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure of 721.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Travel times are long for those heading to the city, with a 90-minute drive, which is higher than most similar areas.
90
Higher 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)).
- 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 Federal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31025/federal/topic/transport