1.1% ▼ -48.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Richmond · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Richmond
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people rely on public transport in Richmond than in the rest of the country. The area is heavily dependent on cars, with almost no one using buses or trains to get to work. This reliance is clear in the high number of vehicles kept at most homes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Over half of all homes in Richmond have two vehicles, and 20.7% have three. Only 1.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Richmond, 2 vehicles is the majority at 53%; 3 vehicles is next at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost everyone here drives to work, with 74.7% being the driver. This helps explain why 0.0% of the workforce uses public transport, and only 6.7% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
6.7% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 6.7%
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: 2.7%
- 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.
While there are two public transport routes and one stop, the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland average. All available public transport is provided by buses.
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.
1.17
Higher than 62% 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).
230.0
Higher than 73% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 the nearest transport stop takes longer here than in most areas, with a typical walk of 25 minutes.
25
Higher than 63% 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 Richmond
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Richmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32424/richmond/topic/transport