1.9% ▼ -34.5%
Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wright · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Wright
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 65% of workers in Wright drive themselves to work, making cars the dominant way to get around. This is a place where private transport is essential, as very few people use public transit and the typical drive to the city takes over an hour.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here go without a car, with only 1.9% having none—a figure well below the Queensland and national rates. Most households own multiple vehicles, with 39.8% having two and another 35.1% owning three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wright, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.6% of people use public transport for their commute, which is much lower than most areas. Working from home rose to 13.1% since 2016, though this remains well below the national figure.
13.1% —
Lower than 59% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% —
Lower than 85% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is very limited, with only 118 stops and 9 routes across the area. This results in 0.65 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the Queensland average.
118
Lower than 98% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.65
Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
65.4
Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
9
Lower than 96% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is dominated by the car, especially since the drive time to the city is 62 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
62
Higher than 79% of federal electorate areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Wright [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED330/wright/topic/transport