4.8% ▼ -40.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 4.8%
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.
More than 60% of workers in Richmond drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on private cars. This is a place where almost no one uses public transport to get to their job. While most homes own several vehicles, about 5% of households have no motor vehicle at all.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households in Richmond have at least one car, with 36.6% owning two vehicles. The 4.8% of homes without a car is about the same as the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Richmond, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is uncommon here, at just 10%, which is far below the national figure of 21%. No one in the area commutes by public transport, though 10.4% of workers walk to their jobs.
10.0% ▼ -56.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 10.0%
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: 0.9%
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Richmond. This lack of access is far below the Queensland average for stops and departures per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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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/SAL32425/richmond/topic/transport