2.1% ▼ -34.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Underwood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Underwood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Underwood than across Queensland or Australia, with only 2.1% of households without a vehicle. Most residents rely on their own transport, though the area has better access to public transport stops than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 46% of households have two vehicles, and very few people get by without a car. This rate is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8% and the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Underwood, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 64.6% as the driver. Working from home is less common here than in other areas, at 12.8%, which is well below the Australian figure of 21%.
12.8% ▲ +349.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▼ -60.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 area is well-served with 19 stops and three routes, more than about 80% of similar places. While public transport departures are much higher than most areas, they remain far below the Queensland figure.
19
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.
2.79
Higher than 69% 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).
376.3
Higher than 76% 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).
19,791
Higher than 73% 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).
28,816
Higher than 55% 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).
50
Lower than 64% 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 fast, with a typical drive time of just 15 minutes. It is also very easy to access transit, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only two 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.
15
Lower than 88% 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 Underwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32897/underwood/topic/transport