2.3% ▼ -22.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
The Gap · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in The Gap
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 30% of people in The Gap work from home, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a community where many avoid the daily commute, although the area remains heavily reliant on cars. Most households own multiple vehicles to get around the suburb and beyond.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 46% of homes have two vehicles, and only 2.3% of households have no motor vehicle at all. This lack of car-free homes is well below the Queensland and Australian figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In The Gap, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is much more common here than in most areas, with 29.5% of the workforce doing so. While 44.2% of people drive to work, 5% use public transport, which is a little above the national figure.
29.5% ▲ +367.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.0% ▼ -58.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 5.0%
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.
The Gap has a high level of service with 76 public transport stops and 8 routes, mostly consisting of buses. This provides much better access than most similar areas, with 1,295 weekly departures per 1,000 people, far above the state average.
76
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.
4.39
Higher than 75% 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).
1,295.2
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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
17,099
Higher than 71% 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).
44,206
Higher than 62% 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).
45
Lower than 73% 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 typical drive time of 12 minutes. Residents also have easy access to transit, with a typical 4-minute walk to the nearest stop.
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.
12
Lower than 92% 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 The Gap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32790/the-gap/topic/transport