11.1% ▼ -52.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Portsmith · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Portsmith
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 11% of homes in Portsmith have no motor vehicle, a rate well above the national figure. This is a sparsely populated area where few people work from home, and the vast majority of residents rely on cars or walking to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.1% of households here do not own a car, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. For those who do own vehicles, 36.1% of homes have just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Portsmith, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost no one uses public transport to get to work, and only 7.1% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. Instead, 25% of people drive and nearly 20% walk to their jobs.
7.1% ▼ -63.5%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 access is much higher than most areas, with 9.55 stops per 1,000 people. This far exceeds the Queensland average, with the sole available route being the bus.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.55
Higher than 87% 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).
1,073.2
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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 around is mostly a matter of walking, though it takes a typical resident 32 minutes to reach the nearest stop, which is higher than in most areas.
32
Higher than 68% 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).
More for Portsmith
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Portsmith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32354/portsmith/topic/transport