3.3% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Forest Lake · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Forest Lake
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people now use public transport to get to work in Forest Lake than in most similar areas. While the typical resident still relies on a car, the suburb has a high number of bus routes and frequent departures compared to the state average. This makes it a well-connected hub for those who do not wish to drive.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 42% of homes in Forest Lake have two cars, while only 3.3% of households have no motor vehicle. This rate of car-free living is higher than most similar areas, though it is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Forest Lake, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 60% of workers drive themselves to work, and 15.5% work from home, which is well below the Australian average of 21%. Those using public transport to commute make up 3.7% of the workforce, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas.
15.5% ▲ +431.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.7% ▼ -46.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 3.7%
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.
Forest Lake has 43 public transport stops and 7 routes, making it larger than about 91% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the Queensland figure, though the 76-minute transit time to the city is much higher than most areas.
43
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.90
Higher than 65% 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).
1,053.5
Higher than 87% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
22,478
Higher than 76% 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).
39,330
Higher than 60% 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).
76
Higher than 83% 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.
The drive time to the city is 22 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas. For those using public transport, the typical walk to the nearest stop takes about 7 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
22
Lower than 81% 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 Forest Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31064/forest-lake/topic/transport