Iredale · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Iredale

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

Iredale sits around the middle of similar areas for its transport patterns, though it is almost entirely dependent on private cars. Every single home in the area has at least two motor vehicles, reflecting a total lack of local public transport options.

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📍 Iredale, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Not a single home in Iredale is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. Most households are well-equipped, with half owning two vehicles and another 18.5% having four or more.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Iredale, 2 vehicles is the majority at 54%; 3 vehicles is next at 26%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 65.9% of residents. This is supplemented by a high number of people working from home at 19.5%, which is well above the Queensland average.

19.5%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 22.4%
  • 2021: 19.5%

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

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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 Iredale, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 23%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is non-existent here, with no stops or routes available. This puts Iredale far below the state average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.

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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.

Getting around is a challenge without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 51 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. The typical drive time to the city is 78 minutes.

51

Higher than 80% 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.

78

Higher 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)).
  • 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 Iredale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31406/iredale/topic/transport