2.4% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Weipa · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Weipa
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes are without a car in Weipa than in most other parts of the country. This is a place where personal vehicles are essential, with 97.6% of households owning at least one. Only 2.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here have multiple cars, with 45.8% owning two and 18.1% owning three. This high level of car ownership has remained steady since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Weipa, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very rare here, at just 2.7%, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Most people commute by car, though the number using public transport rose slightly to 2.4% since 2011.
2.7% ▲ +73.4%
Lower than 95% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.4% ▲ +192.0%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 2.4%
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.
There are no public transport routes or stops in Weipa. This lack of service is far below the Queensland average and means there are no weekly departures for the population.
0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
0.0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) 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).
0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Weipa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA37300/weipa/topic/transport