Southbrook · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Southbrook

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

Every single home in Southbrook has at least one motor vehicle, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas. This complete reliance on cars is reflected in the way people get to work, with nearly 73% of the workforce driving themselves. This makes the area far more car-dependent than the national average.

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📍 Southbrook, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Zero per cent of households lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most homes have at least two vehicles, with 33.3% owning two and another 22.6% owning three.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 5.2%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Southbrook, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (24%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport use is non-existent for commuters here, which is well below the 3.1% national figure. Those working from home make up 8.5% of the workforce, a figure that is far below the Australian average and has fallen since 2011.

8.5% ▼ -38.2%

Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 13.8%
  • 2016: 1.6%
  • 2021: 8.5%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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 Southbrook, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 9%.

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 Southbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322111/southbrook/topic/transport