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The best and worst Brisbane suburbs for public transport

We measured every gazetted suburb within 20km of Brisbane Central — 205 of them — two ways: the commute into the CBD (at 8:00am and home at 7:00pm, versus driving), and connectivity — how much transport sits within a 10-minute walk. Most “best suburbs” lists are opinion; this is the whole ranked dataset, measured and free to cite.

52 min

Median commute

door-to-door by public transport

+34 min

Transit vs car

but competitive in 16 suburbs

of 205 have no practical PT commute

≈ 1 in 17, mostly semi-rural or industrial

27%

have a train within a 10-min walk

57% have buses only

suburbs with train, bus & ferry

all three within an 800m walk

114

stops near Brisbane City

the best-connected suburb

Key findings

Fastest in: Brisbane City (7 min), Bowen Hills (9 min), Fortitude Valley (13 min), Milton (14 min), Spring Hill (16 min). Slowest that still works: Larapinta (135 min), Lytton (133 min), Warner (133 min).
When a suburb has a train, it usually wins — the fastest route is a train from 109 suburbs, a bus from 80, and a ferry from 2.
The train can beat the car. Public transport is within 10 minutes of driving in 16 suburbs — almost all on a rail line: Bowen Hills, Brisbane City, Taringa, Chelmer, Milton, Sherwood, Graceville, Zillmere.
Some suburbs shut off at night. 4 suburbs you can reach at 8am have no practical service home at 7pm (Upper Kedron, Lytton, Pallara, Rochedale South), and the evening trip is slowest in Mackenzie (+25 min), Brookfield (+24 min), Wacol (+24 min).
Connectivity is a different story to speed. Only 27% of suburbs have a train station within a 10-minute walk and 57% have buses only. Just 6 — Brisbane City, Fortitude Valley, South Brisbane, Milton, Newstead, Dutton Park — have train, bus and ferry all within reach, while 25 have no stop within 800m of their centre at all.

The fastest commuter suburbs

The suburbs with the quickest public-transport trip into the CBD — most on a train line. A green tag means transit is within 10 minutes of driving.

1Bowen HillsTrainbeats the car9 min
2MiltonTrainbeats the car14 min
3TaringaTrainbeats the car17 min
4South BrisbaneTrainbeats the car20 min
5HerstonBus21 min
6New FarmBus21 min
7NewsteadBus22 min
8West EndBusbeats the car22 min
9AuchenflowerTrainbeats the car22 min
10ChelmerTrainbeats the car22 min
11WindsorTrain24 min
12WilstonTrain24 min

Excludes the CBD itself. See the full ranking of all 205 suburbs below.

The best-connected suburbs

A fast commute is one thing; how much transport is on your doorstep is another. These have the most stops within an 800m (10-minute) walk of the suburb centre — and the badges show which modes you can reach.

1Brisbane City🚆 ⛴️ 🚌114 stops
2Spring Hill🚆 🚌59 stops
3West End⛴️ 🚌55 stops
4Taringa🚆 🚌53 stops
5Wavell Heights🚌53 stops
6Fortitude Valley🚆 ⛴️ 🚌51 stops
7Petrie Terrace🚆 🚌50 stops
8Nundah🚆 🚌49 stops
9Red Hill🚌48 stops
10Tarragindi🚌44 stops
11South Brisbane🚆 ⛴️ 🚌43 stops
12New Farm🚌43 stops

Brisbane's transport deserts

25 suburbs have no public transport stop within an 800m walk of their centre — mostly semi-rural and industrial pockets: Brisbane Airport, Ransome, Rocklea, Enoggera, Karawatha, Ferny Hills, Nudgee Beach, Lytton, Moggill, Carole Park, Bunya, Warner and more.

Commute time vs distance

Every suburb plotted by how far it is and how long the trip takes. Train suburbs (orange) sit lower than bus suburbs (blue) at the same distance — the rail premium, visualised.

TrainBusFerryWalkEach dot is a suburb — fastest route into the CBD at 8am.

Every suburb, ranked

Sort by any column. Times are minutes, door-to-door from each suburb's centre.

205 suburbs

Swipe the table sideways to see 7pm home, day→night and car →

			Mode
Brisbane CityBrisbane	0.4	7	Walk	7	0	7	0	114🚆⛴️🚌
Bowen HillsBrisbane	2.6	9	Train	14	+5	11	-2	19🚆🚌
Fortitude ValleyBrisbane	1.4	13	Train	16	+3	5	+8	51🚆⛴️🚌
MiltonBrisbane	2.1	14	Train	22	+8	11	+3	37🚆⛴️🚌
Spring HillBrisbane	0.8	16	Walk	14	-2	5	+11	59🚆🚌
TaringaBrisbane	5.3	17	Train	24	+7	15	+2	53🚆🚌
South BrisbaneBrisbane	1.6	20	Train	18	-2	12	+8	43🚆⛴️🚌
HerstonBrisbane	1.9	21	Bus	24	+3	8	+13	29🚌
New FarmBrisbane	2	21	Bus	26	+5	8	+13	43🚌
NewsteadBrisbane	2.7	22	Bus	26	+4	8	+14	23🚆⛴️🚌
West EndBrisbane	2.8	22	Bus	24	+2	14	+8	55⛴️🚌
AuchenflowerBrisbane	3.2	22	Train	26	+4	12	+10	28🚆🚌
ChelmerBrisbane	7.3	22	Train	33	+11	20	+2	9🚆🚌
Petrie TerraceBrisbane	1.3	23	Bus	24	+1	9	+14	50🚆🚌
WindsorBrisbane	3.5	24	Train	17	-7	12	+12	20🚆🚌
WilstonBrisbane	3.6	24	Train	22	-2	13	+11	26🚆🚌
NewmarketBrisbane	3.9	24	Train	27	+3	13	+11	24🚆🚌
AlderleyBrisbane	5.1	24	Train	26	+2	13	+11	40🚆🚌
Dutton ParkBrisbane	3.3	26	Train	28	+2	11	+15	32🚆⛴️🚌
Kelvin GroveBrisbane	2.3	28	Bus	21	-7	9	+19	37🚌
WoolloongabbaBrisbane	3.2	28	Train	26	-2	12	+16	29🚆🚌
Norman ParkBrisbane	3.9	28	Train	42	+14	11	+17	20🚆🚌
ClayfieldBrisbane	5.9	28	Train	29	+1	14	+14	30🚆🚌
KalingaBrisbane	6.6	28	Train	28	0	16	+12	32🚆🚌
NorthgateBrisbane	9.6	28	Train	31	+3	18	+10	11🚆🚌
Highgate HillBrisbane	2.5	29	Bus	27	-2	13	+16	37🚌
AlbionBrisbane	4.1	29	Train	24	-5	12	+17	29🚆🚌
ToowongBrisbane	4.5	29	Train	34	+5	15	+14	36🚌
WooloowinBrisbane	5.4	29	Train	30	+1	15	+14	32🚆🚌
IndooroopillyBrisbane	6.5	29	Train	38	+9	19	+10	24🚆🚌
GracevilleBrisbane	7.6	29	Train	40	+11	22	+7	24🚆🚌
SherwoodBrisbane	8.4	29	Train	36	+7	23	+6	23🚆🚌
Kangaroo PointBrisbane	1.6	31	Bus	28	-3	7	+24	21⛴️🚌
TeneriffeBrisbane	2.4	31	Bus	37	+6	8	+23	28⛴️🚌
GeebungBrisbane	10.7	31	Train	46	+15	21	+10	21🚆🚌
ZillmereBrisbane	12	31	Train	47	+16	24	+7	28🚆🚌
PaddingtonBrisbane	2.9	32	Train	24	-8	11	+21	35🚌
NundahBrisbane	7.9	32	Train	37	+5	15	+17	49🚆🚌
Stones CornerBrisbane	4.2	34	Bus · 2 legs	29	-5	13	+21	35🚆🚌
LutwycheBrisbane	5	34	Bus	32	-2	14	+20	34🚌
KedronBrisbane	6.9	34	Bus	33	-1	13	+21	31🚌
Holland Park WestBrisbane	7.6	34	Bus	33	-1	13	+21	25🚌
BardonBrisbane	4.8	35	Bus	35	0	15	+20	36🚌
Red HillBrisbane	2.7	37	Bus	34	-3	9	+28	48🚌
CorindaBrisbane	9.7	37	Train	45	+8	28	+9	20🚆🚌
DarraBrisbane	13.5	37	Train	46	+9	25	+12	12🚆🚌
AnnerleyBrisbane	5.2	38	Bus · 2 legs	33	-5	12	+26	32🚆🚌
GrangeBrisbane	4.9	39	Train · 2 legs	40	+1	16	+23	30🚌
GreenslopesBrisbane	5.3	39	Bus	35	-4	12	+27	39🚌
StaffordBrisbane	6.5	39	Train · 2 legs	41	+2	15	+24	36🚌
GaythorneBrisbane	7	39	Train	33	-6	18	+21	25🚆🚌
MitcheltonBrisbane	8.1	39	Train	38	-1	20	+19	38🚆🚌
Chermside WestBrisbane	9.3	39	Train · 2 legs	44	+5	20	+19	22🚌
TarragindiBrisbane	7.1	40	Bus · 2 legs	32	-8	13	+27	44🚌
FairfieldBrisbane	4.6	41	Bus	31	-10	15	+26	30🚆🚌
Gordon ParkBrisbane	5.5	41	Bus · 2 legs	42	+1	14	+27	25🚌
Camp HillBrisbane	6.1	42	Bus · 2 legs	42	0	18	+24	31🚌
Holland ParkBrisbane	7.3	42	Bus · 2 legs	43	+1	16	+26	37🚌
Carina HeightsBrisbane	7.9	42	Bus · 2 legs	45	+3	21	+21	34🚌
East BrisbaneBrisbane	2.9	43	Train	28	-15	9	+34	24⛴️🚌
AshgroveBrisbane	4.9	43	Bus · 2 legs	43	0	13	+30	35🚌
CoorparooBrisbane	5.1	43	Bus · 2 legs	39	-4	15	+28	34🚌
HamiltonBrisbane	5.2	43	Ferry · 2 legs	35	-8	14	+29	25⛴️🚌
AscotBrisbane	5.6	44	Bus	33	-11	15	+29	31🚆🚌
Upper Mount GravattBrisbane	11.2	44	Bus	50	+6	17	+27	32🚌
MacgregorBrisbane	12	44	Bus	45	+1	18	+26	23🚌
WacolBrisbane	17	44	Train	68	+24	24	+20	3🚆🚌
YerongaBrisbane	5.4	46	Train · 2 legs	32	-14	17	+29	34🚆🚌
TennysonBrisbane	7.3	46	Train · 2 legs	46	0	22	+24	10🚌
Coopers PlainsBrisbane	11.2	46	Train · 2 legs	38	-8	21	+25	21🚆🚌
SunnybankBrisbane	12.9	46	Train	49	+3	20	+26	37🚆🚌
Stafford HeightsBrisbane	7.9	47	Bus · 2 legs	46	-1	17	+30	21🚌
Wavell HeightsBrisbane	8.3	47	Train · 2 legs	39	-8	17	+30	53🚌
BanyoBrisbane	11.2	47	Train · 2 legs	49	+2	20	+27	23🚆🚌
NudgeeBrisbane	12.6	47	Train · 2 legs	57	+10	20	+27	12🚌
BoondallBrisbane	13.7	47	Train · 2 legs	48	+1	23	+24	10🚆🚌
DeagonBrisbane	15.7	47	Train · 2 legs	54	+7	26	+21	21🚆🚌
HawthorneBrisbane	3.3	48	Ferry · 2 legs	44	-4	12	+36	34⛴️🚌
St LuciaBrisbane	4.3	48	Bus · 2 legs	35	-13	16	+32	31⛴️🚌
JindaleeBrisbane	11.5	48	Bus · 2 legs	57	+9	20	+28	13🚌
Mount OmmaneyBrisbane	12.8	48	Bus · 2 legs	54	+6	21	+27	7🚌
Eight Mile PlainsBrisbane	14.2	48	Bus · 2 legs	50	+2	19	+29	18🚌
ChermsideBrisbane	9	49	Bus	44	-5	20	+29	36🚌
Mount Gravatt EastBrisbane	9.3	49	Bus · 2 legs	50	+1	19	+30	37🚌
AspleyBrisbane	11.1	49	Bus	52	+3	21	+28	20🚌
BulimbaBrisbane	3.8	50	Train · 2 legs	54	+4	16	+34	38⛴️🚌
BalmoralBrisbane	4.3	50	Train · 2 legs	48	-2	14	+36	29🚌
MorningsideBrisbane	4.9	50	Train · 2 legs	42	-8	15	+35	32🚌
Cannon HillBrisbane	6.8	50	Train	44	-6	16	+34	25🚌
MoorookaBrisbane	7.6	50	Train · 2 legs	48	-2	17	+33	38🚌
SalisburyBrisbane	9.3	50	Bus	46	-4	17	+33	24🚌
VirginiaBrisbane	10.5	50	Train	56	+6	18	+32	16🚆🚌
FitzgibbonBrisbane	14.1	50	Train · 2 legs	63	+13	28	+22	9🚌
RuncornBrisbane	15.5	50	Bus · 2 legs	52	+2	25	+25	13🚆🚌
StrathpineMoreton Bay	18.7	50	Train	65	+15	34	+16	13🚆🚌
The GapBrisbane	8.6	51	Bus	55	+4	21	+30	28🚌
Seventeen Mile RocksBrisbane	11.4	52	Train · 2 legs	73	+21	23	+29	15🚌
OxleyBrisbane	11.8	52	Train · 2 legs	59	+7	26	+26	21🚌
Everton ParkBrisbane	8.2	53	Bus	34	-19	21	+32	23🚌
EnoggeraBrisbane	6.6	54	Train	57	+3	18	+36	0
KeperraBrisbane	9.3	54	Train	46	-8	23	+31	22🚆🚌
NathanBrisbane	9.6	54	Bus	54	0	16	+38	2🚌
MansfieldBrisbane	10.9	54	Bus · 2 legs	52	-2	24	+30	19🚌
Ferny GroveBrisbane	12	54	Train	56	+2	27	+27	12🚌
WishartBrisbane	12.4	54	Bus	56	+2	21	+33	24🚌
YeerongpillyBrisbane	7.1	56	Train	45	-11	21	+35	28🚆🚌
ArcherfieldBrisbane	11.5	56	Train · 2 legs	60	+4	24	+32	4🚌
Acacia RidgeBrisbane	13.3	56	Train · 2 legs	62	+6	26	+30	21🚌
KurabyBrisbane	17	56	Train	50	-6	27	+29	12🚆🚌
RobertsonBrisbane	11.4	57	Bus · 2 legs	52	-5	18	+39	13🚌
Seven HillsBrisbane	5.4	58	Train	53	-5	15	+43	14🚌
HendraBrisbane	6.9	58	Train · 2 legs	48	-10	16	+42	31🚌
MurarrieBrisbane	8.2	58	Train	67	+9	20	+38	2🚌
Mount GravattBrisbane	9.4	58	Train · 2 legs	60	+2	17	+41	12🚌
HemmantBrisbane	10.7	58	Train	62	+4	20	+38	1🚆
WynnumBrisbane	14.2	58	Train	57	-1	27	+31	30🚆🚌
LotaBrisbane	15.8	58	Train	68	+10	30	+28	15🚆🚌
ManlyBrisbane	15.8	58	Train	70	+12	33	+25	20🚆🚌
Chapel HillBrisbane	8.4	59	Train · 2 legs	50	-9	19	+40	15🚌
Sinnamon ParkBrisbane	11.6	59	Train · 2 legs	64	+5	22	+37	28🚌
Brisbane AirportBrisbane	12	59	Train	81	+22	21	+38	0
CarseldineBrisbane	13.4	59	Bus	58	-1	26	+33	12🚌
Jamboree HeightsBrisbane	13.5	59	Bus · 2 legs	48	-11	22	+37	13🚌
WestlakeBrisbane	14.4	59	Bus · 2 legs	68	+9	24	+35	7🚌
RiverhillsBrisbane	15.7	59	Bus · 2 legs	77	+18	25	+34	8🚌
UnderwoodLogan	18	59	Bus · 2 legs	59	0	23	+36	10🚌
Rochedale SouthLogan	18.1	59	Bus · 2 legs	No practical service	—	26	+33	21🚌
MackenzieBrisbane	13.1	61	Bus	86	+25	29	+32	4🚌
TaigumBrisbane	13.9	61	Train · 2 legs	58	-3	27	+34	14🚌
Sunnybank HillsBrisbane	14.7	61	Bus · 2 legs	60	-1	25	+36	20🚌
AlgesterBrisbane	16.3	61	Train · 2 legs	59	-2	32	+29	17🚌
Eagle FarmBrisbane	7.3	64	Bus · 2 legs	86	+22	18	+46	11🚌
CarindaleBrisbane	10	64	Bus · 2 legs	55	-9	23	+41	8🚌
DurackBrisbane	14.3	64	Bus · 2 legs	61	-3	30	+34	12🚌
CalamvaleBrisbane	17.6	64	Bus · 2 legs	59	-5	29	+35	8🚌
CarinaBrisbane	7.6	65	Bus	49	-16	18	+47	25🚌
Fig Tree PocketBrisbane	9.3	67	Train · 2 legs	69	+2	19	+48	12🚌
McDowallBrisbane	10	67	Bus · 2 legs	54	-13	25	+42	16🚌
KenmoreBrisbane	10.3	67	Train · 2 legs	40	-27	21	+46	33🚌
TingalpaBrisbane	10.1	68	Bus	43	-25	23	+45	18🚌
Everton HillsMoreton Bay	10.1	69	Bus	57	-12	25	+44	13🚌
Arana HillsMoreton Bay	10.8	69	Train · 2 legs	64	-5	26	+43	33🚌
BelmontBrisbane	11.7	69	Bus · 3 legs	69	0	25	+44	3🚌
Ferny HillsMoreton Bay	13.1	69	Train	72	+3	29	+40	0
Bridgeman DownsBrisbane	13.1	69	Bus	69	0	27	+42	5🚌
InalaBrisbane	15.3	69	Bus · 2 legs	62	-7	30	+39	30🚌
WoodridgeLogan	19.7	69	Bus · 2 legs	64	-5	25	+44	38🚌
Manly WestBrisbane	13.9	71	Bus	60	-11	29	+42	24🚌
Wynnum WestBrisbane	12.6	73	Train	78	+5	25	+48	34🚌
ThornesideRedland	17.4	73	Train	80	+7	32	+41	18🚆🚌
Kenmore HillsBrisbane	10.2	74	Train · 2 legs	67	-7	21	+53	5🚌
Pinjarra HillsBrisbane	14.1	74	Train · 2 legs	67	-7	26	+48	0
SumnerBrisbane	14.3	74	Train · 2 legs	62	-12	23	+51	4🚌
Middle ParkBrisbane	14.3	74	Train · 2 legs	65	-9	25	+49	18🚌
BellbowrieBrisbane	17.5	74	Train · 2 legs	60	-14	29	+45	8🚌
GailesIpswich	19.6	74	Train · 2 legs	86	+12	29	+45	6🚌
Bracken RidgeBrisbane	16.3	76	Train · 2 legs	72	-4	29	+47	23🚌
BrendaleMoreton Bay	16.6	76	Train · 2 legs	82	+6	33	+43	2🚌
SandgateBrisbane	16.9	76	Train · 2 legs	62	-14	27	+49	27🚆🚌
Bald HillsBrisbane	17.8	76	Train	86	+10	31	+45	17🚌
ShorncliffeBrisbane	16.3	77	Train · 2 legs	73	-4	30	+47	16🚌
BrightonBrisbane	19.1	77	Bus	81	+4	31	+46	21🚌
Forest LakeBrisbane	18.4	78	Bus · 2 legs	70	-8	31	+47	20🚌
BrookfieldBrisbane	12.2	80	Bus · 2 legs	104	+24	26	+54	2🚌
Albany CreekMoreton Bay	13.6	80	Bus	54	-26	28	+52	18🚌
Mount Coot-thaBrisbane	7.7	82	Train · 2 legs	89	+7	21	+61	0
RichlandsBrisbane	15.4	82	Train · 2 legs	68	-14	31	+51	10🚌
DoolandellaBrisbane	16.8	82	Train · 2 legs	80	-2	34	+48	4🚌
Ellen GroveBrisbane	18.5	82	Train · 2 legs	86	+4	29	+53	8🚌
HeathwoodBrisbane	19.7	82	Train · 2 legs	93	+11	30	+52	10🚌
StrettonBrisbane	18.2	83	Bus · 2 legs	67	-16	32	+51	2🚌
Upper KedronBrisbane	11.9	84	Train · 2 legs	No practical service	—	29	+55	9🚌
ParkinsonBrisbane	19.7	84	Bus · 2 legs	74	-10	36	+48	3🚌
RockleaBrisbane	9.7	86	Train	74	-12	25	+61	0
WillawongBrisbane	14.6	86	Train · 2 legs	76	-10	30	+56	4🚌
KarawathaBrisbane	19.6	86	Train	78	-8	31	+55	0
WakerleyBrisbane	13.2	88	Train · 2 legs	61	-27	30	+58	5🚌
RansomeBrisbane	15.6	88	Train	85	-3	30	+58	0
BirkdaleRedland	18.6	88	Train · 2 legs	91	+3	36	+52	14🚌
MoggillBrisbane	19.4	90	Bus	83	-7	32	+58	0
PallaraBrisbane	17.2	91	Train · 2 legs	No practical service	—	34	+57	2🚌
RochedaleBrisbane	15	92	Bus · 2 legs	95	+3	26	+66	3🚌
BurbankBrisbane	17.1	92	Bus · 2 legs	86	-6	32	+60	2🚌
Carole ParkIpswich	19.7	97	Train · 2 legs	110	+13	31	+66	0
GumdaleBrisbane	13.5	99	Bus · 2 legs	83	-16	27	+72	7🚌
Nudgee BeachBrisbane	14.4	107	Train	102	-5	24	+83	0
ChandlerBrisbane	15.1	107	Bus · 3 legs	84	-23	28	+79	0
CapalabaRedland	19.5	108	Bus · 2 legs	130	+22	34	+74	24🚌
BunyaMoreton Bay	13.5	112	Bus · 2 legs	81	-31	30	+82	0
Eatons HillMoreton Bay	16.5	112	Bus · 2 legs	102	-10	40	+72	1🚌
LyttonBrisbane	13.8	133	Train · 2 legs	No practical service	—	27	+106	0
WarnerMoreton Bay	18.7	133	Train · 2 legs	141	+8	35	+98	0
LarapintaBrisbane	19.6	135	Bus · 3 legs	135	0	29	+106	0
PinkenbaBrisbane	12.9	No practical service	—	No practical service	—	27	—	2🚌
PullenvaleBrisbane	15.1	No route	—	No route	—	—	—	0
Enoggera ReservoirBrisbane	15.7	No route	—	No route	—	—	—	0
Camp MountainMoreton Bay	16.3	No route	—	No route	—	—	—	0
DraperMoreton Bay	17.2	No route	—	No route	—	—	—	0
Upper BrookfieldBrisbane	17.3	No route	—	No route	—	—	—	0
Samford VillageMoreton Bay	17.3	No practical service	—	No practical service	—	33	—	5🚌
AnsteadBrisbane	18.1	No route	—	No route	—	—	—	0
Port Of BrisbaneBrisbane	18.2	No route	—	No route	—	—	—	0
Samford ValleyMoreton Bay	19	No practical service	—	No practical service	—	38	—	2🚌
Wights MountainMoreton Bay	19.5	No route	—	No route	—	—	—	0
Jollys LookoutMoreton Bay	19.9	No route	—	No route	—	—	—	0

All times in minutes, door-to-door from each suburb's centre. “vs car” is how many minutes longer the trip takes than driving (green = within 10). “Day→night” is the 7pm trip minus the 8am trip. Tap a column heading to sort.

No practical public-transport commute

12 of the 205 suburbs have no service within 45 minutes of an 8am start, or no route at all. They are almost all semi-rural pockets and industrial estates with few residents:

Pinkenba, Pullenvale, Enoggera Reservoir, Camp Mountain, Draper, Upper Brookfield, Samford Village, Anstead, Port Of Brisbane, Samford Valley, Wights Mountain, Jollys Lookout.

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GoThere Brisbane, “Brisbane's best and worst suburbs for public transport” (2026-07-16), https://www.gotherebrisbane.com/data/commute-to-brisbane-cbd

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Methodology

Suburbs: every gazetted suburb (ABS Suburbs & Localities) whose centre is within 20km straight line of Brisbane Central station — 205 in total.
Journeys: planned door-to-door from each suburb's geographic centre to Brisbane Central station, for a Tuesday 21 July 2026. Into the city departing 8:00am; home departing 7:00pm. Totals include walking to the stop and waiting for the service.
No practical service: if nothing departs within 45 minutes of the target time, the suburb is marked as having no practical commute at that hour rather than shown with a misleading multi-hour wait.
Connectivity: the count of distinct TransLink stops (and which modes) within a 800m straight-line radius — about a 10-minute walk — of the suburb centre. It measures access, not frequency: a stop counts whether one route or ten stop there.
Sources: GoThere Brisbane analysis of the public TransLink GTFS timetable, routed with Google Directions, plus the TransLink GTFS stop network for connectivity. Timetable as at 16 July 2026.
Caveats: measuring from the suburb centre penalises large suburbs whose centre sits far from a station; a single representative weekday is used, so times shift a little with the timetable. It is a like-for-like comparison, not a promise for any one address.

Questions

What are the best Brisbane suburbs for public transport?

It depends what you value. For sheer connectivity — the most stops and modes within a 10-minute walk — the best are Brisbane City, Spring Hill, West End, Taringa, Wavell Heights, Fortitude Valley. For the fastest trip into the city, it's Bowen Hills, Milton, Taringa, South Brisbane, Herston. Unlike the usual "best suburbs" lists, this ranks every suburb on measured data, not opinion.

Which Brisbane suburbs are best connected for public transport?

Measured by how much transport is within an 800m (10-minute) walk of the suburb centre, the best connected are Brisbane City (114 stops), Spring Hill (59 stops), West End (55 stops), Taringa (53 stops), Wavell Heights (53 stops), Fortitude Valley (51 stops). Only 27% of the 205 suburbs have a train station within that walk, and 57% have buses only — no train or ferry nearby. Just 6 suburbs have all three modes within reach.

Which Brisbane suburb has the fastest commute to the CBD?

Of 205 suburbs within 20km of Brisbane Central, the fastest public-transport commutes are Brisbane City (7 min), Bowen Hills (9 min), Fortitude Valley (13 min), Milton (14 min), Spring Hill (16 min), measured door-to-door from each suburb's centre for an 8am weekday trip.

What is the average commute time to the Brisbane CBD?

The median public-transport commute is 52 minutes across the 193 suburbs with a practical morning service. It runs from about 7 minutes in the inner city to over two hours on the poorly connected fringe. The single city-wide averages often quoted (frequently from surveys years old) hide that spread — this dataset measures each suburb on the current timetable.

Is it faster to drive or take public transport in Brisbane?

On average public transport takes 34 minutes longer than driving. But in 16 suburbs — almost all on a train line — transit is within 10 minutes of the car, so the train is genuinely competitive.

How is this commute data measured?

Each journey is planned from the suburb's geographic centre to Brisbane Central for a Tuesday 21 July 2026 — 8:00am into the city and 7:00pm home — using the public TransLink timetable. Times are total door-to-door, including walking and waiting. A suburb with no service within 45 minutes of the target time is marked as having no practical commute at that hour.

Plan your own trip

These are averages from the suburb centre. For your exact address and time, use the GoThere route planner. See also the last service home from the city, which lines run late, and the places you can reach without a car.