3.0% ▲ +88.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sun Valley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sun Valley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 70% of workers in Sun Valley drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way people move around. Most homes have at least one car, and the area has better access to public transport stops than many similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 42.3% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sun Valley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 3.6%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with only 0.5% taking the bus.
3.6% ▲ +63.5%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -82.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Sun Valley has more public transport stops and routes than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.86
Higher than 73% 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).
293.2
Higher than 75% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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 a nearby transport stop is easier here than in most other areas, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes.
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.
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 Sun Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32690/sun-valley/topic/transport