5.1% ▼ -29.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sunnybank Hills · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sunnybank Hills
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 4-minute walk to the nearest stop makes daily travel easier for many in Sunnybank Hills. While cars are common, the area has a higher rate of public transport use for commuting than both the state and national figures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 39.4% owning two. About 5.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sunnybank Hills, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is among the highest for its level at 6.8%, well above the national figure of 3.1%. Meanwhile, 14.0% of people work from home, which is well below the Australian average of 21.0%.
14.0% ▲ +232.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.8% ▼ -48.3%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 6.8%
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 highly accessible here, with 60 stops and 17 routes. This helps explain why weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the Queensland figure.
60
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.32
Higher than 71% 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).
1,345.9
Higher than 88% 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).
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
27,118
Higher than 80% 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).
67,452
Higher than 72% 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).
48
Lower than 68% 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.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is relatively quick, with a drive time of only 15 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
15
Lower than 88% 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 Sunnybank Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32695/sunnybank-hills/topic/transport