2.3% ▼ -22.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Sheridan · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Sheridan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Mount Sheridan has a car, making the area very dependent on private travel. While the neighbourhood has a high number of bus stops and routes compared to similar places, very few people actually use them for the daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have more than one car, with 45.3% owning two. Only 2.3% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure well below both the Queensland and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Sheridan, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 62% of people. Working from home is less common here than in most areas, at 11%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
11.0% ▲ +337.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -43.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
The area is well served by 7 bus routes and 20 stops, which is more than most similar areas. Despite this, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the Queensland average.
20
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.
2.30
Higher than 67% 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).
496.1
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).
7
Higher than 86% 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 about 12 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for areas of this type.
12
Lower than 51% 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 Mount Sheridan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32020/mount-sheridan/topic/transport