9.8% ▼ -18.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Leichhardt · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Leichhardt
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 10% of homes in Leichhardt have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the Queensland average. This reflects a community with very high access to public transport options, though most residents still rely on cars for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost one in ten households here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most other areas. For those who do own cars, 45% have just one vehicle, while 32.2% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Leichhardt, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 6.9% of people work from home, a figure far below the national average. Most residents commute by car, with 66.8% acting as the driver.
6.9% ▲ +2282.4%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.5% ▼ -38.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.5%
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.
The area has 21 public transport stops and a single route, providing a number of stops per person that is well above the Queensland figure. Bus services provide all of the public transport here, with 841.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people.
21
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.70
Higher than 76% 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).
841.4
Higher than 85% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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).
6,715
Lower than 63% 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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes only one minute, which is much lower than most areas. The typical drive time to the city is 38 minutes.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
38
Lower than 69% 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 Leichhardt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31650/leichhardt/topic/transport