3.1% ▼ -40.2%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wurtulla - Birtinya · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Wurtulla - Birtinya
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people live without a car in Wurtulla - Birtinya than in most of Australia, with only 3.1% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in how people travel, as the area has very few public transport options compared to the rest of Queensland.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, with 39.6% owning two and 38.3% owning one. The share of homes without a vehicle has fallen since 2011 and is now well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Wurtulla - Birtinya splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 60.3% of residents, while only 1.2% use public transport, which is a little below the national figure. About 13.3% of people work from home, a figure that has risen by 7.7 percentage points since 2011.
13.3% ▲ +138.9%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is limited to buses, with 1.97 stops per 1,000 people, which is well below the Queensland figure of 2.99. This low level of access is consistent with the very small number of people who use transit to commute.
21
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.97
Lower than 79% 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).
634.7
Lower than 57% 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).
4
Lower than 71% 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 on foot can be difficult, as a 9-minute walk to the nearest stop is longer than in most areas. The drive time to the city is also much higher than most areas, taking about 65 minutes.
9
Higher than 68% 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.
65
Higher than 79% 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 Wurtulla - Birtinya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/316021424/wurtulla-birtinya/topic/transport