Aspley · State Electorate

Transport & Vehicles in Aspley

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

Daily life in Aspley relies heavily on cars, though a growing number of residents are shifting toward working from home. The area has a strong mix of transit options, with 46 different public transport routes serving the community.

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📍 Aspley, State Electorate

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households have at least one car, with 42.7% owning two vehicles. Only 5.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is about the same as the Queensland average.

5.3% ▲ +45.9%

Lower than 54% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 3.6%
  • 2016: 3.2%
  • 2021: 5.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Aspley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home has surged to 19.3%, which is well above the Queensland figure. While 4.9% of people use public transport to get to work—a rate much higher than most similar areas—this has fallen since 2011.

19.3% ▲ +504.9%

Higher than 68% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 3.2%
  • 2016: 3.7%
  • 2021: 19.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

4.9% ▼ -26.1%

Higher than 80% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 6.6%
  • 2016: 6.4%
  • 2021: 4.9%

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 Aspley, Car (driver) is the majority at 65%; Worked at home is next at 23%.

Public transport access

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

Aspley is well served by 214 stops, with bus services making up 96.8% of the network. There are 3.91 stops per 1,000 people and 910.4 weekly departures, both of which are well above the state figures.

3.91

Lower than 65% of state electorate areas.

Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).

910.4

Lower than 54% of state electorate 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Aspley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30002/aspley/topic/transport