5.2% ▲ +25.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Samford Village · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Samford Village
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people work from home in Samford Village than in most similar areas, with 29.5% of the workforce doing so. This trend is far above the Queensland figure of 14.1% and well above the national rate. While cars are the primary way to get around, the area has a notably high number of public transport stops for its size.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 38.7% owning two vehicles. A small number of households, 5.2%, have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Samford Village splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, accounting for 29.5% of the workforce. Only 1.2% of people commute via public transport, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
29.5% ▲ +347.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -70.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 four public transport stops and one route, which is more than many similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure, and the service is limited entirely to buses.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.88
Higher than 77% 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).
85.5
Higher than 67% 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.
Getting around is relatively easy, with a typical walk of just 5 minutes to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 22 minutes, which is much lower than in most similar areas.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
22
Lower than 81% 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 Samford Village [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32506/samford-village/topic/transport