15.6% ▲ +332.5%
Higher than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Brisbane · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in South Brisbane
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over a third of workers in South Brisbane drive to work, but this is an area where many choose to live without a car. It is a major transit hub with a massive number of weekly departures compared to the rest of the state, making it one of the most accessible spots in the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
A striking 15.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. This is a significant shift for the area, as the number of car-free households rose 12 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In South Brisbane, 1 vehicle is the majority at 54%; 2 vehicles is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
More people here work from home (22.2%) or use public transport (10.8%) than in most other areas. Both figures are well above the Queensland average, with working from home seeing a huge increase of 18 percentage points since 2011.
22.2% ▲ +460.6%
Higher than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
10.8% ▲ +49.1%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 10.8%
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.
South Brisbane has one of the largest networks of 161 public transport routes. This supports a huge number of weekly departures per 1,000 people—3,379.3, which is far above the state figure of 720.7.
240
Lower than 56% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.68
Lower than 70% 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).
3,379.3
Higher than 99% 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).
161
Higher than 91% 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 South Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30076/south-brisbane/topic/transport