8.6% ▼ -29.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gailes · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gailes
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more homes in Gailes have no motor vehicle than in most other similar areas. This shift toward car-free living is a key part of the local landscape, where 8.6% of households do not own a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here have one or two cars, but 8.6% have none. This is a little above the national figure of 7.4% and the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gailes, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 8.3% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%. Most people drive to work, though 2.1% use public transport, a rate much higher than in most similar areas.
8.3% ▲ +681.5%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -69.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 2.1%
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.
Gailes has three public transport stops and one route, which is more than about 72% of similar areas. However, the transit time to the city is 78 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.64
Higher than 64% 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).
278.5
Higher than 74% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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).
20,134
Lower than 51% 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).
78
Higher than 86% 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 to the city by car takes 21 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also have easy access to transit, with a much shorter walk to the nearest stop than in most other places.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
21
Lower than 82% 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 Gailes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31093/gailes/topic/transport