10.0% ▼ -23.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Northgate · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Northgate
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Forty-four per cent of working residents in Northgate drive themselves to work, though the area is notably less car-dependent than most. It is a highly connected hub where public transport is far more common and accessible than the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Ten per cent of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households keep one or two cars, with 42.4% having just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Northgate, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used for commuting by 11.6% of workers, a figure well above the national average of 3.1%. Working from home is also common here, at 21.5%, which is well above the Queensland average.
21.5% ▲ +465.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
11.6% ▼ -39.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 11.6%
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.
Northgate has exceptional transit access, with 28 stops and 85 routes, making it one of the largest hubs at this level. This helps explain why the 43-minute transit time to the city is much lower than in most areas.
28
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.
5.74
Higher than 80% 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).
886.0
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).
85
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
7,068
Higher than 54% 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).
98,696
Higher than 78% 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 area is very accessible, with a typical 5-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is also much lower than most areas at just 15 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
15
Lower than 88% 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 Northgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32188/northgate/topic/transport