Warwick · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Warwick

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Nearly 70% of workers in Warwick drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on private cars. The area has very few public transport options and a much lower rate of working from home than the national figure.

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📍 Warwick, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own at least one car, with 35.1% owning two and 11.5% having three. While 6.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, this is lower than it was in 2011.

6.7% ▼ -29.0%

Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 9.4%
  • 2016: 8.1%
  • 2021: 6.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Warwick splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is rare here, at just 5.3%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. Only 0.2% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.

5.3% ▲ +33.0%

Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 3.9%
  • 2016: 4.2%
  • 2021: 5.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.2% ▼ -32.5%

Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 0.3%
  • 2016: 0.2%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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.

How people get to work

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In Warwick, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Car (passenger) is next at 8%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is almost non-existent in Warwick, with zero recorded stops or routes. This leaves the area far below the Queensland average for transport access and departures.

0

Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city takes a long time, with a typical drive of 110 minutes. This is among the highest drive times for similar areas.

110

Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Warwick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/307031189/warwick/topic/transport