0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
O'Connell · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in O'Connell
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in O'Connell owns a car, making it more vehicle-dependent than many similar areas. With no public transport stops available and a very low number of people working from home, residents rely heavily on private cars for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home here has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures for households without a car. Most homes are well-equipped, with 43.9% owning two vehicles and 16.8% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In O'Connell, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 4 or more (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, with 66.9% of people driving and 6.3% travelling as passengers. Very few people work from home at 5.7%, a figure far below the national average of 21.0%.
5.7% ▲ +153.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means the number of weekly departures and stops per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Getting to the nearest transport stop is a challenge here, with a typical walk of 49 minutes, which is much higher than most other areas.
49
Higher than 79% 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 O'Connell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32203/o-connell/topic/transport