1.4% ▲ —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ripley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ripley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Ripley relies on a car to get around, with only 1.4% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is mirrored in the commute, where 70.3% of workers drive themselves to work each day.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have more than one car, with 45.1% owning two and 12.6% owning three. This means far fewer homes are without a vehicle compared to the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ripley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 10.0%. While 1.6% of people use public transport for their commute, this is still much higher than in most similar areas.
10.0% ▲ +207.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -28.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
The area has 7 public transport stops, which is more than about 79% of similar places, though all services are buses. Despite this, the 159.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.63
Higher than 64% 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).
159.5
Higher than 72% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
It takes about 4 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is lower than in most areas. The drive time to the city is 31 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
31
Lower than 73% 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 Ripley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32433/ripley/topic/transport