Laidley South · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Laidley South

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

Almost no homes in Laidley South lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the Queensland and Australian averages. This makes the area heavily reliant on private cars for daily travel. Most households own multiple vehicles to get around the region.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle. About 40% of households have two cars, while another 16.5% own four or more.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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 Laidley South, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 72.2% of people being the driver. While 14.8% work from home, which is about the same as the Queensland figure, no one here commutes by public transport.

14.8% ▲ +66.1%

Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.9%
  • 2016: 8.5%
  • 2021: 14.8%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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 Laidley South, Car (driver) is the majority at 78%; Worked at home is next at 16%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is non-existent in the area, with zero stops or routes available. This is far below the Queensland average for stops and departures per person.

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.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around requires a car, as there are no local transit options and it is a 28-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive to the city typically takes 63 minutes.

28

Higher than 65% 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.

63

Lower than 54% 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31610/laidley-south/topic/transport