2.8% ▼ -53.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hendra · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hendra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher share of people work from home in Hendra than across Queensland, with 26.8% of the workforce doing so. This suburb is well connected for commuters, featuring some of the most frequent public transport services in the region and a very short 10-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 44.4% owning two. Only 2.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hendra, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 26.8%, which is far above the state's 14.1%. Around 4.8% of workers use public transport, a figure that is a little above the national average of 3.1%.
26.8% ▲ +386.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.8% ▼ -53.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 4.8%
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.
Hendra has a high level of service, with 7.94 stops per 1,000 people, far above the state figure of 2.99. Weekly departures are also among the highest at this level, with 1,519.7 per 1,000 people.
39
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.
7.94
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).
1,519.7
Higher than 89% 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).
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
10,718
Higher than 60% 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).
63,866
Higher than 70% 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).
57
Lower than 51% 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 around is easy, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is also among the lowest at 10 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
10
Lower than 95% 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).
More for Hendra
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Hendra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31320/hendra/topic/transport