3.3% ▲ +18.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Murrumba Downs · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Murrumba Downs
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More cars per household than most areas is the norm in Murrumba Downs, where only 3.3% of homes have no motor vehicle. This low number is well below the national figure. Most residents rely on their own transport, though the area has a high number of public transport stops and routes compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 41.8% of homes owning two vehicles and 13.6% having three. The 3.3% of households without a car is a little below the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Murrumba Downs, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 60.9% as the driver. About 14.5% work from home, which is well below the Australian figure, while 3.4% use public transport, a rate much higher than most similar areas.
14.5% ▲ +280.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.4% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.4%
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.
Murrumba Downs has 33 stops and 20 routes, among the largest numbers at this level. However, the 497 weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the Queensland figure.
33
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.
3.06
Higher than 70% 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).
497.0
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).
20
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
23,089
Higher than 51% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical walk to the nearest stop takes 7 minutes. It is a relatively quick trip to the city, with a drive time of 24 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
24
Lower than 79% 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 Murrumba Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32089/murrumba-downs/topic/transport