4.1% ▼ -34.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Miriam Vale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Miriam Vale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of workers in Miriam Vale drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars in this area. Most homes own at least one vehicle, and there is almost no use of public transport for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 35.6% having two and 17% having three. Only 4.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Australian figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Miriam Vale splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, while only 8% of people work from home, a figure far below the national average of 21%. No one in the area commutes using public transport.
8.0% ▲ +329.9%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 8.0%
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: 3.7%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is non-existent here, with no routes or stops available. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the Queensland figure.
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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Miriam Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31860/miriam-vale/topic/transport