1.4% ▲ +44.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Park Ridge South · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Park Ridge South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly every household in Park Ridge South relies on a car, with just 1.4% of homes having no motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is reflected in the fact that no one here commutes to work using public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, as 84.3% of homes own two or more vehicles. Very few households are without a car, a figure well below both the Queensland and national rates.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Park Ridge South, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 4 or more (25%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 64.1% of people as the driver. Working from home is less common here than in most other areas, at 11.9%.
11.9% ▲ +91.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Public transport is limited to a single bus route, and the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure. No one in the area can reach another person within 45 minutes using transit.
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.
0.60
Higher than 60% 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).
119.6
Higher than 71% 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).
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 28 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas. It takes about 17 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop.
17
Higher than 56% 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.
28
Lower than 76% 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32272/park-ridge-south/topic/transport