15.9% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pimlico · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pimlico
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 16% of homes in Pimlico have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the Queensland and national averages. This lack of private transport is matched by an impressive level of public transit access across the area. While most residents still drive, the suburb is better equipped with transport options than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 15.9% of households do not own a car, which is among the highest proportions for this type of area. For those who do have vehicles, the most common setup is a single car, found in 45.5% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pimlico, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and No vehicle (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here, at just 4.1%, which is far below the national figure. Most people drive to work, and while only 1.6% use public transport, this is actually much higher than in most similar areas.
4.1% ▲ +75.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -33.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
Pimlico has excellent bus access, with 5.08 stops per 1,000 people and 1,124.4 weekly departures. Both figures are well above the Queensland average, and the suburb's five routes are more than 88% of similar areas.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.08
Higher than 78% 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).
1,124.4
Higher than 87% 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).
5
Higher than 86% 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 transit point is very easy for residents, with the walk to the nearest stop taking typically only one minute.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
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 Pimlico [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32317/pimlico/topic/transport