0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Upper Pilton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Upper Pilton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift toward remote work is a key story for Upper Pilton, where nearly 40% of residents now work from home. This trend helps explain why the area has almost no reliance on public transport and a very high rate of car ownership.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Upper Pilton has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national and state figures for households without a car. Many households are heavily equipped, with 42.9% owning four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Upper Pilton, the largest group is 4 or more at 35%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia or Queensland, with 39.5% of the workforce doing so. This means that for those who do travel, 57.9% drive themselves, while no one uses public transport to get to work.
39.5% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Public transport is almost non-existent in the area, with zero stops and no active routes. This lack of service is far below the Queensland average for both stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 into the city is a significant trip for locals, with a typical drive time of 121 minutes. This is much higher than in most similar areas.
121
Higher than 81% 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)).
- 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 Upper Pilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32915/upper-pilton/topic/transport