3.5% ▼ -52.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Minyama · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Minyama
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people in Minyama live without a car compared to the national figure, with only 3.5% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. Most households rely heavily on cars, while almost no one uses public transport to get to work. This creates a strong contrast between the high number of available bus services and the actual travel habits of the residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Minyama have one or two cars, with 37.2% owning two and 35.7% owning one. The 3.5% of homes without a vehicle is a little below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Minyama splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 63% of residents, while 16.5% work from home, which is a little above the Queensland figure. No one in the area uses public transport for their commute, a figure well below the national average of 3.1%.
16.5% ▲ +60.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 16.5%
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: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 6 public transport routes and 4 stops, with weekly bus departures per 1,000 people far above the Queensland figure. However, the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.47
Higher than 63% 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).
1,509.9
Higher than 89% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 7 minutes. The drive time to the city is 67 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
67
Lower than 52% 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 Minyama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31858/minyama/topic/transport