1.7% ▲ +23.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ormeau · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ormeau
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people here have better access to transit stops than in most similar areas, though cars remain the dominant way to get around Ormeau. Very few households get by without a vehicle, with nearly half of all homes owning at least two cars.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 45% owning two vehicles and another 28.7% having three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ormeau, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 66.3% of residents as the main driver. Only 0.8% use public transport, and 12.6% work from home, which is well below the Australian figure of 21%.
12.6% ▲ +181.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -65.1%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Ormeau has 58 public transport stops, meaning there are more stops per 1,000 people than in most similar areas. However, the 342.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.
58
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.64
Higher than 72% 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).
342.1
Higher than 75% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 just 2 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 29 minutes, which is also lower than most similar places.
2
Lower than 86% 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)).
- 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 Ormeau [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32234/ormeau/topic/transport