13.3% ▼ -27.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Highgate Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Highgate Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people live without a car in Highgate Hill than in most other areas, with 13.3% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well above the national figure of 7.4%. The suburb's strong public transport links and short travel times to the city likely explain why so many residents choose not to own a vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. For those who do own cars, nearly half of households have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Highgate Hill, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and No vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 23.9% of people doing so, well above the state's 14.1%. Public transport use for commuting is also among the highest at 7.8%, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%.
23.9% ▲ +488.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.8% ▼ -52.3%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 7.8%
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.
Public transport is highly accessible, with 20 stops and 3 routes serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most areas, and a trip to the city takes only 28 minutes.
20
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.21
Higher than 70% 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).
1,077.9
Higher than 87% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
40,576
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).
215,421
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 around is quick and easy, with a typical drive to the city taking just 6 minutes. The walk to the nearest transport stop is 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 Highgate Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31331/highgate-hill/topic/transport