0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Highvale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Highvale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people now work from home in Highvale than ever before, with 30.3% of the workforce doing so. This is far above the Queensland figure of 14.1% and well above the national average. Most residents rely on their own cars for travel and daily needs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Highvale has at least one motor vehicle, a rate well below the 7.4% of Australian households without one. Nearly half of all homes have two vehicles, while 18% own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Highvale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 4 or more (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 30.3% of people doing so, which is much higher than most areas. Only 2.1% of residents use public transport to get to work, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
30.3% ▲ +289.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -21.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.1%
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.
Highvale has five public transport stops and one route, but these are all bus services. While the number of stops is higher than most areas, the weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.53
Higher than 67% 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).
50.5
Higher than 63% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes about 24 minutes, which is longer than in most areas. It typically takes 61 minutes to drive from Highvale to the city.
24
Higher than 62% 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.
61
Lower than 55% 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 Highvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31336/highvale/topic/transport