5.3% ▼ -35.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Salisbury · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Salisbury
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Public transport access is among the highest for similar areas in Salisbury, which is well connected by 16 different routes. This ease of movement is reflected in the local commute, where public transport use is well above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 41.7% owning two vehicles. About 5.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas but about the same as the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Salisbury, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common at 18.9%, which is well above the Queensland figure. More people use public transport to get to work here than in most similar areas, sitting well above the national average of 3.1%.
18.9% ▲ +651.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.5% ▼ -54.6%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 6.5%
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 very well served with 40 stops and 5.89 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. Weekly departures are also among the highest at this level, with 2,101.6 per 1,000 people.
40
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.
5.89
Higher than 81% 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).
2,101.6
Higher than 92% 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).
16
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
10,825
Higher than 60% 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).
62,926
Higher than 70% 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).
52
Lower than 61% 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.
Getting to the city is quick, with a drive time of 11 minutes that is among the lowest for similar areas. The walk to the nearest stop takes only one minute, which is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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 Salisbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32504/salisbury/topic/transport