2.2% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kirwan - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Kirwan - West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 2.2% of homes in Kirwan - West have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This heavy reliance on cars is a defining feature of the area, where the vast majority of residents depend on their own transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 43.8% of homes owning two vehicles and 14.6% owning three. This means far fewer households are without a car compared to the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kirwan - West, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 73.5% of people commuting as the driver. Very few people work from home at 4.2%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
4.2% ▲ +129.3%
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -36.8%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 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 options are limited, as the area has only 6 routes and 28 stops. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 410.5, which is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.
28
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.87
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).
410.5
Lower than 65% 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 around via public transport is based entirely on buses. On average, it takes 4 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is about the same as other similar areas.
4
Lower than 57% 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).
More for Kirwan - West
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kirwan - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/318021482/kirwan-west/topic/transport