Brisbane suburbs where the most people cycle to work
Dutton Park has the highest share, at 6.8% of residents. Highgate Hill and West End follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 50 eligible Brisbane suburbs.
This page ranks Brisbane suburbs by the share of employed residents who travelled to work by bicycle on Census night 2021. Only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents are ranked.
The share is cyclists divided by everyone who travelled to work by any method, including those who worked from home — the ten categories the ABS publishes. It is NOT a share of all residents, which would put children and retirees in the denominator and roughly halve every figure. Percentile ranks are computed within Brisbane's pool, so the list reflects concentration relative to other metro suburbs. THIS MEASURES WHAT PEOPLE DID, NOT HOW RIDABLE A SUBURB IS. Flat ground and a short trip to work will carry a suburb up this list without a metre of separated cycleway, and a hilly suburb with excellent paths can sit near the bottom. Census night was a single day in August, so weather and shift patterns are in the number too. Descriptive information about how people commuted, not a recommendation or a safety rating.
Brisbane suburbs where the most people cycle to work
Ranked by the share of employed residents who travelled to work by bicycle on Census night 2021, among suburbs with at least 2,000 residents. This is what people DID, not how ridable a suburb is — a flat inner suburb with short trips can lead the list without much separated cycleway, and a hilly one with good paths can sit low on it.
Dutton Park
QLD 4102 · 2,134 residents6.8% of commuters · 65 riders
Highgate Hill
QLD 4101 · 6,229 residents5.8% of commuters · 171 riders
West End
QLD 4101 · 14,730 residents5.1% of commuters · 382 riders
Fairfield
QLD 4103 · 3,106 residents4.0% of commuters · 64 riders
Auchenflower
QLD 4066 · 6,053 residents3.9% of commuters · 125 riders
New Farm
QLD 4005 · 12,197 residents3.8% of commuters · 232 riders
Enoggera
QLD 4051 · 5,849 residents3.6% of commuters · 109 riders
East Brisbane
QLD 4169 · 6,186 residents3.6% of commuters · 111 riders
St Lucia
QLD 4067 · 12,220 residents3.5% of commuters · 157 riders
Woolloongabba
QLD 4102 · 8,687 residents3.5% of commuters · 152 riders
Toowong
QLD 4066 · 12,556 residents3.4% of commuters · 209 riders
Annerley
QLD 4103 · 11,891 residents3.3% of commuters · 200 riders
Kangaroo Point
QLD 4169 · 9,689 residents3.3% of commuters · 166 riders
Yeronga
QLD 4104 · 7,062 residents3.2% of commuters · 105 riders
Taringa
QLD 4068 · 8,732 residents2.9% of commuters · 126 riders
Ranked from 50 qualifying suburbs.
100% share of employed residents who travelled to work by this method on Census night 2021 — that count divided by everyone who travelled to work by any method, work from home included, which is the universe the ABS publishes. It is NOT a share of all residents: that would put children and retirees in the denominator and roughly halve every figure. Percentile-ranked within Brisbane's candidate pool, and only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents qualify. This records what people DID on one day, not how ridable or well-served a suburb is — flat ground and a short trip will lift a suburb here without any dedicated infrastructure. Descriptive ABS Census data, not a recommendation. See how we calculate for the full methodology.
Common questions about this ranking
What are the brisbane suburbs where the most people cycle to work?
Dutton Park has the highest share, at 6.8% of residents. Highgate Hill and West End follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 50 eligible Brisbane suburbs.
How is this ranking put together?
Each Brisbane suburb is ranked by the share of its employed residents who travelled to work by bicycle on Census night 2021. The denominator is everyone who travelled to work by any method, including those who worked from home — the ten categories the ABS publishes — not the suburb's whole population. Only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents are included, and percentile ranks are computed within Brisbane's pool.
Does a high ranking mean a suburb is good for cycling?
No, and the distinction matters. This measures what people DID, not how ridable a place is. Flat ground and a short trip to work will carry a suburb up this list without a metre of separated cycleway, and a hilly suburb with excellent paths can sit near the bottom. For infrastructure, each property page shows the distance to the nearest separated path and the nearest on-road bike lane — a different question with a different answer.
Where does the data come from?
The Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census 'method of travel to work' question — the same source as the Commute to Work breakdown on each suburb page. Nothing is estimated or inferred about any individual.
Why does one night in August decide this?
Because that is what the Census asks: how you travelled to work on that specific day, 10 August 2021. Weather, shift patterns and school terms are all inside the figure, and 2021 in particular caught pandemic-era working patterns in several cities. It is a good relative signal between suburbs measured the same way on the same day, and a weak absolute one.
Same list in other cities
- Sydney suburbs where the most people cycle to work
- Melbourne suburbs where the most people cycle to work
- Perth suburbs where the most people cycle to work
- Adelaide suburbs where the most people cycle to work
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- Canberra suburbs where the most people cycle to work
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Rankings last computed 28 September 2026. Recomputed after each ACARA schools data refresh.
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