Redcliffe · State Electorate

Transport & Vehicles in Redcliffe

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

Far more homes in Redcliffe lack a motor vehicle than is typical for the state. While 8.8% of households have no car, the area still relies heavily on road travel, with nearly 60% of workers driving themselves to work.

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📍 Redcliffe, State Electorate

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 8.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. This is much higher than most similar areas, although the proportion has fallen slightly since 2011.

8.8% ▼ -15.6%

Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 10.4%
  • 2016: 8.8%
  • 2021: 8.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Redcliffe, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (11%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home has risen sharply to 14.6% since 2011, though this remains well below the national figure. Only 1.9% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the state and national averages.

14.6% ▲ +505.0%

Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 14.6%

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

1.9% ▲ +7.5%

Lower than 58% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 1.8%
  • 2016: 1.4%
  • 2021: 1.9%

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 Redcliffe, Car (driver) is the majority at 72%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport access is strong, with 4.26 stops per 1,000 people and weekly departures far above the Queensland average. The network is almost entirely based on buses, which make up 99.1% of services.

4.26

Lower than 57% 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).

1,270.7

Higher than 61% 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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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Redcliffe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30071/redcliffe/topic/transport