3.7% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Petrie · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Petrie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Sixty-two different public transport routes serve Petrie, making it one of the best-connected areas for its size. While most people still rely on cars, the area has a higher number of public transport stops than most similar places. This makes it a handy hub for those moving across the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 42.8% owning two. Only 3.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Petrie, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Five per cent of workers commute by public transport, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas. Around 15.2% of people work from home, which is a little above the state average but well below the national figure of 21%.
15.2% ▲ +387.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.0% ▼ -47.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 stops are common here, with 3.32 per 1,000 people. Despite having 29 stops and being among the largest for routes, it takes much longer than most areas to get to the city by transit, taking around 80 minutes.
29
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.
3.32
Higher than 71% 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).
548.7
Higher than 79% 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).
62
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
8,735
Higher than 56% 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).
15,830
Lower than 54% 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).
80
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A drive to the city takes about 29 minutes, which is lower than most areas. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes around 7 minutes, which is typical for its level.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
29
Lower than 75% 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 Petrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32303/petrie/topic/transport