Yarranlea · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Yarranlea

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Every single household in Yarranlea has access to a motor vehicle, making it far more car-dependent than the national average. This reliance on private transport is clear, as there are no public transport options and the typical drive to the city takes two hours.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have multiple cars, with 46.6% of households owning either two or three vehicles. This is reflected in the fact that 0.0% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia.

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.

Motor vehicles per home

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Yarranlea splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (29%) and 3 vehicles (29%), with 1 vehicle at 25%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 60.9% of residents, while 13.0% walk. Those working from home make up 13.0% of the workforce, which is well below the national figure of 21.0%.

13.0%

Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 16.3%
  • 2021: 13.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Yarranlea, Car (driver) is the majority at 70%; Walked is next at 15%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 0.0, which is far below the Queensland average of 720.7.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city is a significant journey for locals, with the drive time taking 120 minutes. This is much higher than most similar areas.

120

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 Yarranlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33211/yarranlea/topic/transport