1.5% ▲ +123.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gilston · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gilston
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Cars are essential for almost everyone in Gilston, where only 1.5% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is a far lower rate than the national figure of 7.4%. Most residents rely on their own transport to get around and reach work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Vehicle ownership is very high, with 49.4% of homes owning two cars and another 15% owning four or more. This explains why so few households are without a vehicle compared to the state average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gilston, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 3 vehicles (20%) and 1 vehicle (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 67.6% as the driver. While 14.2% work from home, which is about the same as the Queensland average, only 0.2% use public transport to commute.
14.2% ▲ +91.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -61.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
Bus services are the only public transport option here. While there are 7 stops, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.62
Higher than 68% 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).
201.9
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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
It takes about 15 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is typical for this level of area. The drive time to the city is 50 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas.
15
Higher than 53% 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)).
- 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 Gilston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31123/gilston/topic/transport