3.6% ▲ +41.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Grandchester · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Grandchester
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has remained the primary way to get around Grandchester, as almost no one uses public transport for their daily commute. Most homes have multiple vehicles, and while the area has several bus stops, the typical walk to one is very long.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have more than one car, with 41.7% owning two and 24.5% owning three. Only 3.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Grandchester, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 1 vehicle (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work for 58.4% of residents, while 13.7% work from home. Not a single person in the area commutes using public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%.
13.7% ▲ +161.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
Grandchester has 8.57 public transport stops per 1,000 people, far above the Queensland figure of 2.99. However, despite having four stops and one bus route, zero people can reach other residents within 45 minutes using transit.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.57
Higher than 86% 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).
616.7
Higher than 80% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 61 minutes to drive to the city. The walk to the nearest stop takes 46 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
46
Higher than 77% 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.
61
Lower than 55% 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 Grandchester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31224/grandchester/topic/transport