0.8% ▼ -55.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Palmview · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Palmview
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Palmview owns a car, making private vehicles essential for daily life. This reliance is clear as 67.3% of workers drive themselves to work, while very few use public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a car, with only 0.8% having none, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Half of all households own two vehicles, and another 17.8% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Palmview, 2 vehicles is the majority at 50%; 1 vehicle is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, and only 0.4% of people use public transport. This is slightly lower than the state and national figures, while 13.1% of residents work from home.
13.1% ▲ +35.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -60.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
The area has 12 public transport stops, all for buses, which is more than about 83% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland average.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.29
Higher than 66% 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).
444.2
Higher than 77% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 15 minutes. For those heading into the city, the drive time is usually around 60 minutes.
15
Higher than 53% 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.
60
Lower than 56% 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 Palmview [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32264/palmview/topic/transport