1.8% ▲ —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Thagoona · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Thagoona
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Thagoona stands out from similar areas for its high number of public transport stops and routes. Despite this, the area is heavily reliant on cars, with very few households lacking a vehicle compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a car, with only 1.8% of households having no vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most residents have multiple cars, with 34.1% owning two and 26% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Thagoona, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 4 or more (26%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, and only 0.7% use public transport, which is a little below the Queensland figure. Those working from home make up 10.1% of the workforce, far below the Australian average of 21%.
10.1% ▲ +163.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -78.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
While there are 8 routes and 2 stops, making it larger than many similar areas, no one can reach others via transit within 45 minutes. All available public transport is provided by trains.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.86
Higher than 65% 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).
325.9
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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 41 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most areas. The walk to the nearest transport stop is very short, taking only 2 minutes.
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.
41
Lower than 67% 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 Thagoona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32777/thagoona/topic/transport