8.5% ▼ -35.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Robertson · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Robertson
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Eleven different public transport routes serve Robertson, making it one of the best-connected areas at its level. This accessibility is reflected in the high number of people who use transit for their daily commute compared to the rest of the state. Most residents rely on cars, but a notable number of homes have no motor vehicle at all.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.5% of homes in Robertson have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is one or two vehicles per household.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Robertson splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is among the highest for its level at 8.3%, well above the national figure of 3.1%. While 53.7% of workers drive, 15.3% work from home, which is slightly more than the Queensland average.
15.3% ▲ +227.5%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.3% ▼ -46.9%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 8.3%
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 is well served by 9 bus stops, with weekly departures per 1,000 people being much higher than most similar areas. While the number of stops per person is well below the state average, the transit time to the city is lower than most areas.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.90
Higher than 65% 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).
835.8
Higher than 85% 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).
11
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
4,870
Higher than 50% 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).
79,584
Higher than 74% 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).
48
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Robertson is very close to the city, with a drive time of only 11 minutes, which is among the lowest for its level. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 8 minutes.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
11
Lower than 94% 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 Robertson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32444/robertson/topic/transport