Cawdor · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Cawdor

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every single home in Cawdor has a motor vehicle, a rate well below the state and national figures. This highlights a heavy reliance on cars in a rural area where there are no public transport stops or routes available.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 47.3% of homes owning two vehicles and 17.9% owning four or more. No homes in the area are without a motor vehicle.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Cawdor, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 3 vehicles (28%) and 4 or more (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most residents drive to work, with 66.7% as the driver and 4.6% as a passenger. About 12.3% of people work from home, which is a little below the Queensland figure.

12.3%

Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 7.5%
  • 2021: 12.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Cawdor, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; Worked at home is next at 15%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport routes, stops, or departures in the area. This puts Cawdor far below the Queensland average for transit access.

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is a challenge, with a 57-minute walk to the nearest stop and a 92-minute drive to the city, both of which are much higher than most areas.

57

Higher than 83% 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.

92

Higher than 64% 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)).
  • 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 Cawdor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30565/cawdor/topic/transport