12.7% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Stones Corner · Suburb / Locality
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people rely on public transport in Stones Corner than in most similar areas. The suburb is exceptionally well-connected, with a short 7-minute drive to the city and public transport options that are far more frequent than the state average.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12.7% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the figures for Queensland and Australia. Most households manage with one car, while 27.8% own two.
12.7% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Stones Corner, 1 vehicle is the majority at 55%; 2 vehicles is next at 28%.
How people travel to work.
Public transport is a popular choice for 14% of workers, a figure far above the national and state averages. While 18.5% work from home, the most common way to get to work remains driving a car.
18.5% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
14.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Transport options are extensive, with 19 stops and 15 routes providing access to over 300,000 people within 45 minutes. The 5,200 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far above the Queensland figure.
19
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.
8.13
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).
5,200.3
Higher 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).
15
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
62,386
Higher than 87% 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).
303,005
Higher than 88% 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).
28
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The area is highly accessible, with a typical 3-minute walk to the nearest stop. This ease of access is reflected in the very short 28-minute transit time to the city.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
7
Lower than 99% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Stones Corner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32672/stones-corner/topic/transport