7.8% ▼ -33.6%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Stapylton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Stapylton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 8% of Stapylton homes have no motor vehicle, a figure much higher than most similar areas. While the area has plenty of public transport stops, very few people actually use them to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 49% of homes have one vehicle, while 23% have two. However, 7.8% of households do not own a motor vehicle, which is a little above the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Stapylton, 1 vehicle is the majority at 51%; 2 vehicles is next at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is dominated by cars, with 71% of people driving. Very few people work from home at 9.2%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%, and no one uses public transport for their commute.
9.2% ▲ +162.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 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 access is high, with 9.3 stops per 1,000 people, far above the Queensland average of 2.99. All available services are buses, with 874 weekly departures per 1,000 people.
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.
9.30
Higher than 87% 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).
874.4
Higher than 85% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 28 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. In contrast, it takes a typical resident 26 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is higher than most areas.
26
Higher than 63% 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.
28
Lower than 76% 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 Stapylton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32657/stapylton/topic/transport