5.7% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sandgate · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Sandgate
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people are using public transport and working from home in Sandgate than they were in 2011. The area is now well-connected, with 50 public transport routes and a higher number of stops per person than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 39.4% owning two vehicles. About 5.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure and a slight drop since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Sandgate splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose 7.1 points since 2011 to reach 16.8%, which is higher than most areas. Public transport use for work also grew 4.5 points to 4.9%, a figure that is a little above the state and national averages.
16.8% ▲ +73.5%
Higher than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.9% ▲ +1155.1%
Higher than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport access is strong in Sandgate, with 5.05 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Queensland figure. There are 275 stops and weekly departures are well above the state average.
275
Higher than 54% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.05
Higher than 59% 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).
945.2
Lower than 52% 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).
50
Higher than 86% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Sandgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30074/sandgate/topic/transport