Giru · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Giru

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

Almost no one uses public transport to get to work in Giru, a trend that has sharpened since 2011. Car travel dominates the area, with the vast majority of homes owning at least one vehicle.

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📍 Giru, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few homes lack a car, with only 2.5% having none. This is well below the 5.8% figure for Queensland, though the number of car-less households has risen slightly since 2011.

2.5% ▲ —

Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2021: 2.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Giru, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Getting to work is mostly done by car or on foot, while 0.0% of people use public transport. Working from home is much less common here than in most areas, at just 4.3%.

4.3% ▲ +146.4%

Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.8%
  • 2021: 4.3%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.9%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Giru, Car (driver) is the majority at 70%; Walked is next at 22%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Giru [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322049/giru/topic/transport