5.8% ▼ -27.3%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tewantin · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Tewantin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Cars are the primary way of getting around in Tewantin, where 63.6% of workers drive themselves to work. While the area has a high number of public transport stops and services compared to the state, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 37.2% owning two and 12.6% owning three. Only 5.8% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and is about the same as the Queensland average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Tewantin splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is less common here than across Australia, with only 12.2% of people doing so. Just 1.2% of workers use public transport to get to their jobs, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%.
12.2% ▲ +111.5%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -27.7%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 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.
Tewantin has 55 public transport stops and 7 routes, all served by buses. There are 5.22 stops per 1,000 people and 1,056.7 weekly departures, both of which are well above the Queensland averages.
55
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.22
Higher than 63% 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).
1,056.7
Higher than 59% 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).
7
Lower than 52% 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.
A typical walk to the nearest stop takes about 5 minutes. However, the drive time to the city is 90 minutes, which is much higher than in most other areas.
5
Higher than 50% 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.
90
Higher than 87% 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).
More for Tewantin
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Tewantin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/316051438/tewantin/topic/transport