10.1% ▼ -31.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Greenslopes · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Greenslopes
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people now work from home in Greenslopes than in the past, with 20.2% of workers doing so. This is a highly connected area where public transport is much more common than in other Queensland suburbs. Most residents enjoy a very quick commute to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.1% of homes in Greenslopes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. For those who do own cars, 44.8% of households have one vehicle and 32.6% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Greenslopes, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used by 9% of workers, a figure well above the national average of 3.1%. While 45.7% of people drive to work, the high rate of working from home (20.2%) is also higher than in most other areas.
20.2% ▲ +616.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
9.0% ▼ -54.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 9.0%
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.
Public transport is a major feature here, with 4.28 stops per 1,000 people and 2,226.9 weekly departures, both far above the state average. The area has 26 bus routes and is among the best for reaching the city in just 28 minutes.
34
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.28
Higher than 75% 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).
2,226.9
Higher than 93% 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).
26
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
38,850
Higher than 86% 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).
227,325
Higher than 87% 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).
28
Lower than 94% 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 is very fast, with a typical drive time of only 6 minutes. This ease of access is supported by the fact that the walk to the nearest transport stop takes only 1 minute, which is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
6
Lower than 99% 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 Greenslopes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31242/greenslopes/topic/transport