3.9% ▼ -50.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Virginia · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Virginia
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 12 stops per 1,000 people make Virginia one of the best-connected areas for public transport in the region. The suburb combines this high accessibility with a flexible workforce, where over a fifth of residents work from home. It is a place where getting around is generally easy, whether by car or transit.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 41.3% owning two. Only 3.9% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but well below the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Virginia, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 22.1% of residents doing so, which is well above the Queensland figure. Those who do travel for work rely heavily on cars, though 7% use public transport, a rate well above the state and national figures.
22.1% ▲ +554.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.0% ▼ -46.9%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 7.0%
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 area is exceptionally well served by transit, with 36 routes and 28 stops, far more than most similar places. This infrastructure supports a high volume of weekly departures, which is far above the Queensland average.
28
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.
11.69
Higher than 88% 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).
1,688.9
Higher than 90% 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).
36
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
7,068
Higher than 54% 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).
24,914
Higher than 52% 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).
55
Lower than 55% 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 drive time of just 14 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Pedestrians also have quick access to transit, with a walk to the nearest stop taking only 3 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
14
Lower than 90% 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 Virginia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32949/virginia/topic/transport