1.3% ▼ -54.1%
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Jacobs Well - Alberton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Jacobs Well - Alberton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge gap in public transport access separates Jacobs Well - Alberton from the rest of the state. Almost every household here relies on a car, with only 1.3% of homes having no motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on cars is reflected in the very low number of people using public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Jacobs Well - Alberton have multiple cars, with 45.7% owning two vehicles and 13.7% owning four or more. Only 1.3% of households have no vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Jacobs Well - Alberton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (20%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 65.2% of residents. Just 0.8% use public transport, which is a little below the national figure and has fallen since 2011, while 13.6% of the workforce now works from home.
13.6% ▲ +55.0%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -63.2%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 one route and 10 stops available. This results in 295.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.
10
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.17
Lower than 78% 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).
295.4
Lower than 70% 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).
1
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 without a car is difficult, as it can take 48 minutes to walk to the nearest stop. This is among the highest walk times for similar areas, and the drive to the city typically takes 34 minutes.
48
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
34
Higher than 62% 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 Jacobs Well - Alberton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309071254/jacobs-well-alberton/topic/transport