5.7% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Runaway Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Runaway Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 62% of workers in Runaway Bay drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While the area has an impressive number of public transport stops and services, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, and 5.7% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Runaway Bay splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (42%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport for work, with only 0.7% doing so. About 17.8% of the workforce operates from home, which is well above the Queensland figure but well below the national one.
17.8% ▲ +127.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -55.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 options are strong here, with 34 stops and 4 routes. The 1,384.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far above the Queensland figure and much higher than most areas.
34
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.
3.65
Higher than 72% 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).
1,384.7
Higher than 88% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
It is generally easy to access transit, with a typical four-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 47 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
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.
47
Lower than 63% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Runaway Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32490/runaway-bay/topic/transport