1.2% —
Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Willow Vale - Pimpama (West) · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Willow Vale - Pimpama (West)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people here get by without a car, making Willow Vale - Pimpama (West) one of the most vehicle-dependent areas in the region. Only 1.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 48.2% having two vehicles and another 10.6% owning four or more. This high level of ownership is consistent with the tiny proportion of homes without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Willow Vale - Pimpama (West), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, used by 67.8% of residents. Very few people use public transport to commute (0.9%), which is a little below the national and state figures.
12.9% —
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% —
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 limited, as there are only 13 stops and 3 routes across the area. This results in far fewer weekly departures per 1,000 people (288.6) compared to the Queensland average of 720.7.
13
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.85
Lower than 80% 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).
288.6
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).
3
Lower than 79% 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, with the walk to the nearest stop taking 49 minutes, among the highest for similar areas. It also takes 36 minutes to drive to the city, which is higher than most areas.
49
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.
36
Higher than 64% 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 Willow Vale - Pimpama (West) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309071558/willow-vale-pimpama/topic/transport