33.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Gladfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gladfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A staggering 33.3% of workers in Gladfield work from home, far above the national figure of 21%. This high rate of remote work is a key part of daily life here, especially since the area has no public transport options and is a long drive from the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 1 vehicle at 44%, ahead of 4 or more (39%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Gladfield splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (32%) and 4 or more (28%), with 2 vehicles at 20%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people here drive to work, though 33.3% work from home, which is far above the Queensland average of 14.1%. No one in the area uses public transport to commute, a figure well below the Australian average of 3.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes available in Gladfield. This means access to services is far below the Queensland figure of 2.99 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Getting to the city is a significant journey, with the typical drive time taking 94 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.
94
Higher than 65% 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).
More for Gladfield
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Gladfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31131/gladfield/topic/transport