0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Silver Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Silver Ridge
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Driving is the only way to get around Silver Ridge, where not a single home lacks a motor vehicle. This total reliance on cars is reflected in the fact that no one uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 72.4% of homes owning either two or three vehicles. This means the 0.0% of homes without a car is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Silver Ridge, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (32%) and 1 vehicle (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive themselves to work, making up 73.5% of commuters. Another 16.7% work from home, which is a little above the Queensland figure of 14.1%.
16.7% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 is non-existent in the area, with zero stops and routes. This puts the area far below the state average of 2.99 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
The area is quite isolated, with a typical 85-minute drive to the city. It is also a long walk to the nearest transport stop, taking about 48 minutes.
48
Higher than 78% 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.
85
Higher than 60% 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 Silver Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32564/silver-ridge/topic/transport