Leslie Dam · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Leslie Dam

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

A high number of households without cars is a striking feature of Leslie Dam compared to similar areas. While many residents rely on vehicles, 10.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure. This reliance on private transport is underscored by a total lack of public transit options.

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📍 Leslie Dam, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Around 10.9% of homes here have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well above both the Queensland and national averages. For those who do own cars, 19.6% of households have four or more vehicles.

10.9% ▲ —

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 10.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Leslie Dam splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (31%) and 2 vehicles (31%), with 4 or more at 20%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here commutes by public transport, which is well below the national figure. Only 5.9% of people work from home, far below the Australian average of 21%.

5.9% ▼ -37.3%

Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.4%
  • 2016: 12.5%
  • 2021: 5.9%

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 Leslie Dam, Car (driver) is the majority at 83%; Walked is next at 10%.

Public transport access

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

There are zero public transport stops and routes in the area, leaving it far below the Queensland average for transit access. This means there are no weekly departures for residents to use.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The drive time to the city is 144 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

144

Higher than 89% 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 Leslie Dam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31653/leslie-dam/topic/transport