7.3% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Walkervale - Avenell Heights · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Walkervale - Avenell Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people use public transport or work from home in Walkervale - Avenell Heights compared to most other areas. While the area has a decent number of bus stops, very few of the local workforce rely on them to get to their jobs. Most residents depend on private cars to move around the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.3% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households have one or two cars, though the share of car-free homes has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Walkervale - Avenell Heights, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Reliance on cars is very high, with 75.1% of workers driving to work. Only 0.3% use public transport and just 3.4% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
3.4% ▲ +30.7%
Lower than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -60.5%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
There are 48 bus stops across four routes, giving the area 4.37 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state average. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the Queensland figure.
48
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.37
Higher than 51% 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).
181.9
Lower than 76% 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.
It takes a typical resident about 4 minutes to walk to their nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Walkervale - Avenell Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/319011502/walkervale-avenell-heights/topic/transport