1.5% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Laidley North · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Laidley North
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes without a car are found in Laidley North than in the rest of Queensland. This area is heavily dependent on private vehicles, with very few people working from home or using public transport to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as only 1.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households own at least two vehicles, with 41.9% having exactly two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Laidley North, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 64.5% of people being the driver. Only 9.7% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
9.7% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
Public transport is almost non-existent in the area, as there are no public transport stops or routes. This means no one can reach other people via transit within 45 minutes.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Getting around without a car is difficult, with the walk to the nearest stop taking 46 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. The typical drive time to the city is 62 minutes.
46
Higher than 77% 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.
62
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 Laidley North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31609/laidley-north/topic/transport