1.8% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ferny Hills · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ferny Hills
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Ferny Hills than in most similar areas, with nearly a quarter of the workforce avoiding a daily commute. The area is heavily reliant on private cars, though it has a high number of public transport stops compared to other places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here go without a car, with only 1.8% of households owning no motor vehicle. This is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8% and the national rate of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ferny Hills, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 23.5% of people doing so, which is well above the state figure of 14.1%. Those who do travel for work mostly drive, though the 4.4% who use public transport is a little above the national average.
23.5% ▲ +458.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.4% ▼ -57.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 33 public transport stops and two routes, which is among the highest for its size. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.
33
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.78
Higher than 73% 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).
229.4
Higher than 73% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
A typical trip to the city takes 50 minutes, which is lower than most areas. In contrast, the 26-minute walk to the nearest stop is higher than in most similar places.
26
Higher than 63% 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.
50
Lower than 62% 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 Ferny Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31033/ferny-hills/topic/transport