1.5% ▼ -81.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rochedale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rochedale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge jump in public transport service frequency marks the recent change in Rochedale, where there are now far more weekly departures per person than the state figure. While the area remains heavily reliant on cars, it has developed a high number of bus routes and stops to support residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Rochedale own multiple cars, with 53.2% having two and 14.1% having three. Only 1.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rochedale, 2 vehicles is the majority at 53%; 1 vehicle is next at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly one in five people (19.4%) work from home, while 59% drive themselves to work. The 5.6% who use public transport is a little above the national figure of 3.1%.
19.4% ▲ +85.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.6% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 5.6%
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.
Rochedale has a high density of 5.5 public transport stops per 1,000 people, far above the Queensland figure. While the area has 30 bus routes and 1,714 weekly departures per 1,000 people, it takes 61 minutes to reach the city by transit.
42
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.50
Higher than 79% 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).
1,714.0
Higher than 90% 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).
30
Higher than 87% 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).
61
Higher than 58% 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.
The drive time to the city is only 18 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas. It typically takes about 8 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop.
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.
18
Lower than 85% 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 Rochedale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32447/rochedale/topic/transport