0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ridgewood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ridgewood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero homes without a motor vehicle is the standout feature of Ridgewood, where car ownership is universal. This is a car-dependent area where almost half of all households own at least two vehicles, and a significant number of residents work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Ridgewood has a motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia. Most households own multiple cars, with 47.3% having two and 14.3% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ridgewood, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (20%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 25.6% of residents doing so—a figure far above the Queensland average. No one uses public transport to get to work, and the most common way to commute is by driving.
25.6% ▲ +76.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 25.6%
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: 1.4%
- 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 is non-existent in Ridgewood, with zero stops, routes, or weekly departures. This lack of service is far below the state average.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is a long trip, with the drive time taking 105 minutes. This is higher than most similar areas.
105
Higher than 72% 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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Ridgewood
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Ridgewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32428/ridgewood/topic/transport