12.5% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Garbutt - West End · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Garbutt - West End
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more homes in Garbutt - West End lack a motor vehicle than the national average, with 12.5% of households having no car. This reflects a distinct transport landscape where public transport access is plentiful, though few people use it to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Twelve point five percent of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. While this is much higher than most areas, the share of car-less homes fell 2.0 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Garbutt - West End, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people here use public transport to commute, at just 0.9%, which is a little below the national figure. Working from home is also far below the Australian average, with only 5.4% of the workforce doing so.
5.4% ▲ +132.7%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -50.6%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
The area is well-served by buses, with 8.45 stops per 1,000 people and 1,358.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people. Both figures are far above the Queensland averages, despite the area having only six routes.
53
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.45
Higher than 86% 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).
1,358.5
Higher 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).
6
Lower than 57% 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 to the nearest transit stop takes longer here than in most areas, with a typical walk of 18 minutes.
18
Higher than 78% 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.
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 Garbutt - West End [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/318021475/garbutt-west-end/topic/transport