2.2% ▼ -18.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mirani · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mirani
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people in Mirani now rely on cars for travel than in previous years, with only 2.2% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own two or more vehicles, reflecting a heavy dependence on private transport to get around the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high, with 44.5% of homes having two vehicles and 25.7% owning three or more. Only 2.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mirani, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 70.4% as the driver and 4.5% as a passenger. Only 4.1% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
4.1% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -38.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
Public transport is limited to a single bus route with two stops. While this is more than about 72% of similar areas, the weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.11
Higher than 62% 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).
16.6
Higher than 59% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes a typical resident about 7 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
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.
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 Mirani [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31859/mirani/topic/transport