Jindalee · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Jindalee

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

More public transport routes than 91% of similar areas define Jindalee as a well-connected suburb. Most homes here own multiple cars, yet a significant number of residents avoid the daily commute by working from home. This balance of high vehicle ownership and strong transit access makes the area very accessible.

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📍 Jindalee, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few homes in Jindalee lack a car, with only 1.7% having none, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Nearly half of all households own two vehicles, and 22.5% have three or more.

1.7% ▼ -58.8%

Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.2%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 1.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Jindalee, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (14%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, with 22.2% of people doing so, a figure well above the Queensland average. Those who do travel are more likely to use public transport than people in most other areas, with 4.3% making that choice.

22.2% ▲ +324.7%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.2%
  • 2016: 6.1%
  • 2021: 22.2%

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

4.3% ▼ -51.1%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.7%
  • 2016: 6.9%
  • 2021: 4.3%

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 Jindalee, Car (driver) is the majority at 61%; Worked at home is next at 27%.

Public transport access

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

The suburb has 15 stops and 7 routes, which is much higher than most similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are also much higher than usual, though all services are provided by buses.

2.82

Higher than 69% 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).

693.8

Higher than 82% 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).

7,645

Higher than 55% 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).

24,447

Higher than 52% 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).

51

Lower than 62% 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 to the city is fast, with a drive time of just 14 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy quick access to transit, with a typical 2-minute walk to the nearest stop.

2

Lower than 86% 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.

14

Lower than 90% 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 Jindalee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31444/jindalee/topic/transport