1.7% ▲ +34.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bluewater · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bluewater
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 69% of working residents in Bluewater drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on private cars. Most households own multiple vehicles, and very few people use public transport or work from home. This makes the area much more car-dependent than the typical Australian suburb.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 44.2% of homes having two vehicles and 20.1% owning three. Only 1.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bluewater, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is uncommon at 6.2%, a figure far below the Australian average of 21.0%. Only 0.9% of workers use public transport, which is a little below the state and national figures.
6.2% ▲ +34.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -69.1%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 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.
Public transport is virtually non-existent in Bluewater, with zero stops and zero routes available. This is far below the Queensland average for transport access.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bluewater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30292/bluewater/topic/transport