Greenbank · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Greenbank

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A tiny 0.8% of Greenbank homes lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%. This heavy reliance on cars is clear, with over 80% of households owning two or more vehicles. Most residents depend on their own transport to get around this large area.

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📍 Greenbank, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 21.8% of homes having four or more vehicles and 38.3% having two. Only 0.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.

0.8% ▲ +1.9%

Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.8%
  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 2021: 0.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Greenbank, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 4 or more (22%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, with 64.1% acting as the driver. Working from home is common for 14.3% of residents, which is about the same as the Queensland figure, though well below the 21.0% seen across Australia.

14.3% ▲ +108.7%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.8%
  • 2016: 6.3%
  • 2021: 14.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.4% ▼ -1.1%

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.5%
  • 2016: 2.2%
  • 2021: 1.4%

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.

How people get to work

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In Greenbank, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Worked at home is next at 17%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

While the area has 19 public transport stops and 3 routes, these are all buses. Despite this, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure, and no one can reach other people within 45 minutes using transit.

1.98

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).

228.3

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).

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes typically 31 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most areas. However, getting to the nearest transport stop on foot takes 64 minutes, a time much higher than most other areas.

64

Higher than 87% 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.

31

Lower than 73% 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 Greenbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31236/greenbank/topic/transport