10.6% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Svensson Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Svensson Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 10% of homes in Svensson Heights have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the national average. While the area has a high number of public transport stops, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.6% of households do not have a car, which is much higher than most similar areas. For those with vehicles, the most common setup is a single car, found in 44.7% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Svensson Heights, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.3% of workers use public transport, and just 3.6% work from home, which is far below the national figure. The vast majority rely on cars, with 72.6% driving themselves to work.
3.6% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -39.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Svensson Heights has 23 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is far above the Queensland average for the population size. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
23
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.
6.90
Higher than 85% 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).
346.4
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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 stop is very easy for locals, with a typical walking time of just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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 Svensson Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32705/svensson-heights/topic/transport