1.9% ▲ +74.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fig Tree Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Fig Tree Pocket
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few areas have a higher rate of remote work than Fig Tree Pocket, where 32.2% of people work from home. This is far above the national figure of 21%. While public transport options are plentiful, most residents rely on private cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with nearly half of all homes owning two vehicles and only 1.9% having no car at all. This lack of car-free households is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Fig Tree Pocket, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (20%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common than in most areas, reaching 32.2%, which is far above the national figure. Driving remains the main way to get to work for 44.8% of the workforce.
32.2% ▲ +348.9%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▼ -69.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 is well served with 25 public transport stops and 9 routes, which is among the largest for its level. However, the 64-minute trip to the city is higher than most areas, and all services are provided by buses.
25
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.
5.75
Higher than 81% 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).
820.5
Higher than 84% 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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
13,783
Higher than 65% 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).
13,783
Lower than 55% 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).
64
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city by car is quick, with a 13-minute drive time that is much lower than most areas. Residents also have easy access to transit, with a typical 6-minute walk to the nearest stop.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
13
Lower than 91% 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 Fig Tree Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31037/fig-tree-pocket/topic/transport