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.
Silverleigh · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Silverleigh
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Silverleigh than the national figure, with 36.6% of the workforce doing so. This reliance on home-based work and private cars is stark, as the area has no public transport options and a typical drive to the city takes 132 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Silverleigh has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia. Most households are well-equipped, with 66.6% owning either two or three vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Silverleigh splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (35%), with 4 or more at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nobody in Silverleigh uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure. Instead, the majority of workers drive or work from home, with the latter being far above the Queensland average.
36.6% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 here, with zero stops and routes serving the area. This lack of access is far below the Queensland average for both the number of stops and weekly departures.
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.
Getting to the city is a significant trip for residents, with a drive time of 132 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
132
Higher than 86% 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).
More for Silverleigh
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Silverleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32570/silverleigh/topic/transport