11.1% ▼ -29.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Gravatt · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Gravatt
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 4,500 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people make Mount Gravatt an area with exceptionally high transit frequency. While many residents still rely on cars, the suburb's strong connection to the city is reflected in its high number of transit routes and short drive times.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.1% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own one or two vehicles, though 13.5% have three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Gravatt, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 21.4% of people doing so, which is well above the Queensland figure. Around 7.2% of residents commute by public transport, a rate well above the national average.
21.4% ▲ +350.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.2% ▼ -47.7%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 7.2%
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 is very well served by 51 bus routes and 24 stops, meaning there are far more stops per person than in most of Queensland. This high level of access helps 70,176 people stay reachable within 45 minutes by transit.
24
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.
6.43
Higher than 83% 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).
4,526.4
Higher 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).
51
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
15,873
Higher than 69% 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).
70,176
Higher than 72% 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).
47
Lower than 70% 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.
A short 11-minute drive to the city makes this one of the most accessible areas for its level. It takes about 10 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, which is around the middle for similar areas.
10
Lower than 54% 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.
11
Lower than 94% 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 Mount Gravatt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31968/mount-gravatt/topic/transport