3.7% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Stretton · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Stretton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 60% of working residents in Stretton drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way people get around. While most households own multiple vehicles, there has been a notable shift toward public transport and working from home over the last decade.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with only 3.7% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Stretton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
More people are using public transport to get to work, which rose to 6.2% in 2021 and is now well above the national figure. Working from home also grew significantly since 2011 to reach 14.8%, though this remains well below the Australian average.
14.8% ▲ +617.3%
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.2% ▲ +305.4%
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 6.2%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Buses provide almost all the local service, making up 98.4% of public transport modes. While the number of stops is smaller than most similar areas, the weekly number of departures per 1,000 people is well above the Queensland figure.
181
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.03
Lower than 81% 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).
1,073.2
Higher than 53% 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).
31
Higher than 61% 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 Stretton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30081/stretton/topic/transport