3.8% ▼ -38.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Paradise Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Paradise Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people here use public transport and work from home than in most similar areas, making Paradise Point a bit more flexible than its peers. While cars remain the main way to get around, nearly 20% of the workforce now operates from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least two cars, with 41% of households owning exactly two. Only 3.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Paradise Point, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 62.1% of residents. About 19.9% work from home, a figure that is well above the Queensland average of 14.1%.
19.9% ▲ +119.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -55.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 16 stops and 3 routes, with weekly departures per 1,000 people being much higher than most similar areas and well above the state figure. All public transport here is provided by buses.
16
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.
2.27
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).
957.4
Higher than 86% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 a nearby stop is relatively quick, with a typical walk of just 4 minutes. The drive time to the city is 44 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
44
Lower than 65% 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 Paradise Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32269/paradise-point/topic/transport