2.8% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tennyson · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tennyson
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Tennyson than in most similar areas, with 27.2% of the workforce doing so. This inner-city location blends a high reliance on cars with exceptional access to public transport and a very short 14-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Half of all homes have two motor vehicles, and only 2.8% of households are without a car. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 5.8% and well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tennyson, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 27.2% of residents doing so, which is far above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. Meanwhile, 5.9% of people commute using public transport, a rate that is a little above both the state and national figures.
27.2% ▲ +401.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.9% ▼ -23.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 5.9%
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.
Tennyson has excellent transit options, with 9.02 stops per 1,000 people—far above the Queensland figure of 2.99. This is supported by three different routes and a weekly departure rate that is among the highest for similar areas.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.02
Higher than 87% 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).
2,073.9
Higher than 92% 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).
7,849
Higher than 55% 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).
57,280
Higher than 68% 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).
59
Higher than 53% 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 around is relatively easy, as the typical walk to the nearest stop is just 4 minutes. The drive time to the city is 14 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.
14
Lower than 90% 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 Tennyson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32771/tennyson/topic/transport