3.3% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Helensvale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Helensvale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A very short four-minute walk to the nearest stop makes daily travel easier for many in Helensvale. The area is well-connected, with public transport access and service levels that are much higher than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 41.4% owning two and 17.8% owning three. Only 3.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Helensvale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way people get to work, while 15.1% work from home. This working-from-home rate is a little above the Queensland average but well below the national figure.
15.1% ▲ +189.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▼ -27.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 highly accessible here, with 82 stops and 28 routes. The number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people are both well above the Queensland average.
82
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.33
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).
892.9
Higher than 86% 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).
28
Higher than 87% 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 around is relatively efficient, with a short four-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 39 minutes, which is lower than in most areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
39
Lower than 68% 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 Helensvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31315/helensvale/topic/transport