4.6% ▼ -42.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Park Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Park Ridge
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A tiny 1.2% of workers use public transport in Park Ridge, meaning the vast majority rely on cars to get around. While the area has more transport stops than most similar places, these services are rarely used for commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, with 78.6% falling into those categories. Only 4.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Park Ridge splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (39%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant choice for 71.1% of workers. Very few people work from home at 7.4%, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 21%.
7.4% ▼ 0.0%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -54.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
Buses make up 100% of the local public transport, and there are 11 stops in the area. Despite having more stops than many similar places, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.30
Higher than 62% 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).
206.0
Higher than 73% 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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 27 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. However, it takes much longer to reach a stop on foot, with a typical walk of 41 minutes.
41
Higher than 74% 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.
27
Lower than 77% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Park Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32271/park-ridge/topic/transport