6.1% ▼ -61.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Toowoon Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Toowoon Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all homes in Toowoon Bay have just one motor vehicle. This small coastal area relies heavily on cars and working from home, while public transport is available but rarely used for the daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this is still well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Toowoon Bay, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (7%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 26.5% of residents doing so, which is well above the national figure. In contrast, no one in the area uses public transport to get to work.
26.5% ▲ +334.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 has a high number of public transport options, with 7 stops and 4 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state average, though all services are bus-based.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.89
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
3,523.0
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality 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
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
22,825
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest stop is quicker than in most areas, with a typical walk of 6 minutes. The drive time to the city is 73 minutes, which is around the middle for this level.
6
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality 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.
73
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Toowoon Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13934/toowoon-bay/topic/transport