2.9% ▼ -28.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sandstone Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sandstone Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 61% of working residents in Sandstone Point drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. While the area has a high number of bus stops, very few people use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost half of all homes have one vehicle and 35% have two. Only 2.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sandstone Point, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is less common here than in most areas, with 13.3% of residents doing so—well below the Australian figure of 21%. Just 1.2% of people commute via public transport.
13.3% ▲ +277.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -58.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 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.
There are 29 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is far above the Queensland average. However, the bus-only network is not very accessible, as zero people can reach a destination within 45 minutes by transit.
29
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.08
Higher than 86% 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).
557.4
Higher than 79% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
It takes about 49 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most areas. In contrast, the 23-minute walk to the nearest stop is higher than in most other areas.
23
Higher than 61% 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.
49
Lower than 62% 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 Sandstone Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32511/sandstone-point/topic/transport