0.9% ▼ -68.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Ripley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in South Ripley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in South Ripley has a car, with only 0.9% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Reliance on cars is high here, while public transport options remain limited for most residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Over half of all homes have two vehicles, and 12.5% have three. Very few people get by without a car, which is much lower than the 5.8% of households across Queensland without one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In South Ripley, 2 vehicles is the majority at 54%; 1 vehicle is next at 28%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 66% as the driver. Only 1.5% use public transport, which is a little below the national figure, and 12.8% work from home, which is well below the Australian average of 21%.
12.8% ▲ +84.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▲ —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.5%
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.
Public transport is limited to a single bus route with four stops. While this is more than some similar areas, the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.
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.
0.98
Higher than 61% 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).
93.4
Higher than 68% 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.
It takes about 37 minutes to drive to the city. However, getting to a transport stop on foot is difficult, as the 66-minute walk is much higher than in most other areas.
66
Higher than 89% 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.
37
Lower than 69% 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 South Ripley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32598/south-ripley/topic/transport