5.5% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Victoria Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Victoria Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Sixty-nine public transport stops serve Victoria Point, one of the highest counts for an area of this size. While the neighbourhood is well-equipped for transit, most residents still rely on cars to get around and reach their workplaces.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 36.4% owning two vehicles. Only 5.5% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Victoria Point splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 64.2% of residents. Only 1.5% use public transport, and the 13.3% who work from home is well below the national figure.
13.3% ▲ +229.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -50.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 has a strong bus network with 11 routes and 4.56 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Queensland average. This makes it easier to reach over 50,000 people within 45 minutes by transit.
69
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.
4.56
Higher than 76% 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).
834.5
Higher than 85% 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).
11
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
15,140
Higher than 67% 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).
50,254
Higher than 65% 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.
Getting to a transit stop is very convenient, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes. Additionally, the drive time to the city is lower than in most similar areas, taking about 31 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.
31
Lower than 73% 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 Victoria Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32943/victoria-point/topic/transport