Millbank · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Millbank

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

Far fewer people work from home in Millbank than the national figure, with just 2.2% doing so. While most residents rely on cars, nearly one in ten homes here does not have a motor vehicle, which is well above the Queensland rate of 5.8%.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 9.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure much higher than most similar areas. For those with cars, the most common setup is one vehicle per home, at 44%.

9.3% ▼ -8.4%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.2%
  • 2016: 8.4%
  • 2021: 9.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Millbank, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (10%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 78% of people as the driver. Almost no one uses public transport for their commute, and the 2.2% who work from home is far below the Australian figure of 21%.

2.2% ▼ -17.7%

Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 2021: 2.2%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.7%
  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 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 Millbank, Car (driver) is the majority at 87%; Car (passenger) is next at 6%.

Public transport access

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

Millbank has 14 public transport stops and 5 routes, which is more than about 84% of similar areas. However, the 246.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.

5.60

Higher than 80% 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).

246.9

Higher than 74% 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.

Getting to the nearest stop is easier here than in most areas, with a typical walk of 4 minutes.

4

Lower than 71% 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.

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 Millbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31838/millbank/topic/transport