4.0% ▼ -56.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Monkland · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Monkland
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Monkland than across the rest of Australia. While the area has a high number of transport stops, almost everyone relies on cars to get to work, with no one using public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 33.9% have two. Only 4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Monkland, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, with 67.8% of people driving and 6.5% travelling as passengers. Working from home is uncommon here at 5.4%, which is far below the national figure.
5.4% ▲ +41.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 5.4%
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: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 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.
Monkland has 22 public transport stops and 3 routes, placing it among the highest for access at this level. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the Queensland figure.
22
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
19.38
Higher than 92% 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).
465.2
Higher than 78% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 102 minutes to drive to the city, which is longer than in most areas. Conversely, the walk to the nearest stop is short, taking only 5 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
102
Higher than 70% 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 Monkland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31881/monkland/topic/transport