6.5% ▼ -35.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Morningside · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Morningside
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Well above the national figure, 24.1% of people in Morningside work from home. This area is highly connected, with a short 10-minute drive to the city and public transport use that is much higher than across Queensland.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 6.5% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Morningside, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is among the highest at this level, sitting well above both the state and national figures. This is alongside a high number of people working from home, which is well above the Queensland average.
24.1% ▲ +629.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.8% ▼ -56.1%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 7.8%
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.
With 30 routes and 56 stops, the area has among the largest amount of public transport infrastructure at this level. This helps the area maintain a high number of weekly departures and a transit time to the city that is much lower than most areas.
56
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.76
Higher than 77% 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).
880.0
Higher than 85% 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).
30
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
30,852
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
125,552
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
43
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is among the lowest for similar areas at just 10 minutes. It is also very easy to access transit, with a typical one-minute walk to the nearest stop, which is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
10
Lower than 95% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Morningside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31922/morningside/topic/transport