8.8% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Paget · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Paget
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Vehicle ownership has shifted in Paget, with 8.8% of homes now without a motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas and exceeds the national figure. While car use remains the main way to get around, the area shows some unusual patterns in how people travel and work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly nine per cent of households lack a motor vehicle, which is well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is a single vehicle, held by 44.1% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Paget, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here, with only 1.9% doing so, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Most people drive to work, though 2.5% use public transport, a rate much higher than in most similar areas.
1.9% ▼ -41.0%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.5% ▲ +57.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.5%
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.
Bus services are the only public transport option available. While the number of stops is higher than in most similar areas, the weekly number of departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.95
Higher than 69% 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).
73.7
Higher than 65% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 takes longer here than in most similar areas, with a typical walk of 26 minutes.
26
Higher than 63% 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 Paget [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32252/paget/topic/transport