6.1% ▼ -23.4%
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mansfield · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Mansfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of working residents in Mansfield drive themselves to work, though the area has a very strong public transport network. Most homes own at least one car, but nearly 19% of the workforce now works from home, a significant increase since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have two cars, and only 6.1% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is about the same as the Queensland figure and slightly lower than the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mansfield, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is more common here than in most areas, at 18.6%, while 6.3% use public transport to get to work. This use of transit is well above both the state and national figures, despite falling since 2011.
18.6% ▲ +345.1%
Higher than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.3% ▼ -49.5%
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 6.3%
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.
Mansfield has some of the best transit access in the region, with 307 stops and 74 routes. This helps explain why public transport departures per person are far above the Queensland average.
307
Higher than 62% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.33
Higher 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).
2,384.5
Higher than 90% 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).
74
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Mansfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30049/mansfield/topic/transport