1.9% ▼ -67.2%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Forest Hill · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far lower proportion of people work from home in Forest Hill compared to the rest of the country. This small town relies heavily on cars for getting around, with very few households lacking a motor vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households are well-equipped, with 48.7% owning three or more vehicles.
1.9% ▼ -67.2%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Forest Hill splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (35%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is almost entirely car-based, with 66.7% driving. No one in the area uses public transport or works from home, figures that are far below both the state and national averages.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Forest Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322046/forest-hill/topic/transport