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 Yarraman · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Upper Yarraman
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A total reliance on cars defines daily life in Upper Yarraman, where not a single home is without a motor vehicle. This car-dependent lifestyle is coupled with a high rate of people working from home to avoid the long trip into the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single household here owns at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national and state figures for homes without a car. Nearly half of all homes have just one vehicle, while 20% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Upper Yarraman, 1 vehicle is the majority at 54%; 2 vehicles is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 23.5% of people doing so—a figure well above the Queensland average. No one uses public transport to get to work, as 64.7% of workers drive themselves.
23.5% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 23.5%
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 non-existent in the area, with no routes or stops available. This means the number of weekly departures and stops per person is far below the state average.
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 major undertaking, with the typical drive time taking 128 minutes. This is much higher than most other similar areas.
128
Higher than 85% 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 Yarraman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32921/upper-yarraman/topic/transport