Inala · State Electorate

Transport & Vehicles in Inala

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

More people in Inala are using public transport for their commute than in 2011. This shift is part of a changing travel landscape where 11.7% of workers now operate from home, and 4.2% rely on public transit to get to their jobs. While car travel remains the main choice, these trends show a move away from traditional driving.

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📍 Inala, State Electorate

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes in Inala have one or two motor vehicles, though 7.3% of households have none. This figure is a little above the Queensland average, but it has fallen slightly since 2011.

7.3% ▼ -13.9%

Higher than 69% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 8.5%
  • 2016: 6.9%
  • 2021: 7.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Inala splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving alone is the most common way to get to work for 61.6% of residents. Those working from home make up 11.7% of the workforce, which is well below the national figure.

11.7% ▲ +152.2%

Lower than 56% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 4.6%
  • 2016: 4.7%
  • 2021: 11.7%

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

4.2% ▲ +370.7%

Higher than 74% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 0.9%
  • 2016: 0.8%
  • 2021: 4.2%

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 Inala, Car (driver) is the majority at 72%; Worked at home is next at 14%.

Public transport access

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

Inala has 59 public transport routes and a high number of weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the Queensland average. These services are almost entirely buses, which account for 97.2% of the network.

3.57

Lower than 72% 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).

988.2

Lower than 51% 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 Inala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30036/inala/topic/transport