2.8% ▲ +24.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ransome · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ransome
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A high number of people work from home in Ransome, where 26.4% of the workforce avoids a daily commute. Most residents rely on private cars, though the area is closer to the city than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a car, with only 2.8% having none, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own multiple vehicles, and 33.9% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ransome, the largest group is 4 or more at 36%, followed by 2 vehicles (24%) and 3 vehicles (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than in the rest of Queensland, at 26.4%. While 52.4% of workers drive themselves, those using public transport make up 2.8% of the workforce.
26.4% ▲ +249.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.8% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 exclusively bus-based, with 4.66 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state figure. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.66
Higher than 76% 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).
69.9
Higher than 65% 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).
3,877
Lower than 67% 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 19 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Despite this, the 21-minute walk to the nearest stop is higher than in most similar places.
21
Higher than 60% 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.
19
Lower than 84% 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 Ransome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32392/ransome/topic/transport