2.8% ▲ +27.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
North Lakes · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in North Lakes
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much fewer homes lack a car in North Lakes compared to the national figure, as almost every household relies on private vehicles. While car travel dominates, the area provides a high number of public transport routes and stops to serve the community.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Australian figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 45.1% owning two vehicles and 13.5% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In North Lakes, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 60% of residents. Around 16% of people work from home, which is a little above the Queensland figure, while 2.6% use public transport.
16.0% ▲ +285.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% ▼ -15.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 2.6%
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.
North Lakes has 11 public transport routes and 46 stops, which are among the highest numbers for areas of this size. All services are buses, and the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is much higher than in most similar areas.
46
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.00
Higher than 65% 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).
590.4
Higher than 80% 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).
11
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
23,030
Higher than 76% 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).
23,030
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.
The drive time to the city is 29 minutes, which is lower than most areas. The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 8 minutes.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
29
Lower than 75% 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 North Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32178/north-lakes/topic/transport