1.6% ▼ -63.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Meikleville Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Meikleville Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much higher public transport use than similar areas defines Meikleville Hill, though it remains a car-dependent suburb. Almost every home owns a vehicle, with nearly half of households keeping two cars on the property.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for both Queensland and Australia. Most residents rely on cars, as 49.5% of homes own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Meikleville Hill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 1.5% of people use public transport to get to work, this is much higher than in most similar areas. Working from home is less common here than across the country, at 12.1%.
12.1% ▲ +64.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -43.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.5%
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.
Despite some residents using these services, there are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This leaves the suburb far below the Queensland average for transit access.
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).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Meikleville Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31798/meikleville-hill/topic/transport