13.3% ▼ -17.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Surfers Paradise · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Surfers Paradise
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher proportion of homes in Surfers Paradise now go without a car compared to national trends. This shift is reflected in the local transport network, where 13.3% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the Australian average of 7.4%. Residents rely more on a dense network of buses and trams to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households do have a car, with 54% owning one vehicle and 24.8% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Surfers Paradise, 1 vehicle is the majority at 54%; 2 vehicles is next at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
More people use public transport to get to work here than in most similar areas, at 5.7%. While 13.9% of the workforce works from home, this is well below the national figure of 21%.
13.9% ▲ +128.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.7% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 5.7%
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 very accessible, with 1,037.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the Queensland figure. The network is large and balanced, split almost evenly between buses (50.4%) and light rail (49.6%).
55
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.08
Higher than 66% 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).
1,037.3
Higher than 86% 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).
13
Higher than 86% 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 walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 9 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas. The drive time to the city is 52 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
9
Lower than 56% 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.
52
Lower than 61% 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 Surfers Paradise [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32702/surfers-paradise/topic/transport