Hollywell · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Hollywell

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

More people are working from home in Hollywell than in the typical Queensland suburb, with 17.3% now doing so. Most residents rely heavily on cars to get around, though the area has more public transport stops and departures than most similar places.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home in Hollywell has a car, and 42.9% have two. Only 2.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.

2.6% ▼ -36.9%

Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.1%
  • 2016: 3.1%
  • 2021: 2.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Hollywell, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 63.3% of residents. Very few people use public transport to commute, at just 0.7%, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%.

17.3% ▲ +99.2%

Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.7%
  • 2016: 8.7%
  • 2021: 17.3%

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

0.7% ▼ -65.9%

Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.9%
  • 2016: 1.5%
  • 2021: 0.7%

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 Hollywell, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Worked at home is next at 20%.

Public transport access

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

The area is well served by buses, with 10 stops and 3 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the Queensland figure, ranking among the highest for similar areas.

3.41

Higher than 71% 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).

1,766.6

Higher than 90% 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.

It takes about 6 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, which is lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 44 minutes.

6

Lower than 64% 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.

44

Lower than 65% 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 Hollywell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31349/hollywell/topic/transport