Hodgson Vale · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Hodgson Vale

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every household in Hodgson Vale owns a car, reflecting a total reliance on private vehicles for travel. With no public transport options available and a drive time of 98 minutes to the city, the area is heavily dependent on the road network.

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📍 Hodgson Vale, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 87.3% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Only 0.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.

0.7% ▼ -49.0%

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.3%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Hodgson Vale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 4 or more (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Getting to work relies almost entirely on cars, as 0.0% of residents use public transport. Only 10.7% of the workforce works from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.

10.7% ▲ +37.8%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.7%
  • 2016: 8.0%
  • 2021: 10.7%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.5%
  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Hodgson Vale, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; Worked at home is next at 12%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport routes or stops in the area. This means there are 0.0 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the Queensland average of 720.7.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Travel takes a significant amount of time for residents, as the drive to the city takes 98 minutes.

98

Higher 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 Hodgson Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31345/hodgson-vale/topic/transport