4.5% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Western Downs · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Western Downs
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 62% of workers in Western Downs drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on private cars. Most homes here own at least one vehicle, and public transport is almost non-existent throughout the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 36.6% having two and 16.3% having three. Only 4.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure and has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Western Downs splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 12.5% of the workforce, though this is well below the Australian figure of 21%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with only 1.4% doing so.
12.5% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▲ +39.3%
Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 the area. This means Western Downs has far fewer departures and stops per person than the Queensland average.
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 Western Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA37310/western-downs/topic/transport