1.8% ▼ -42.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Freshwater · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Freshwater
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
High car ownership shapes daily life in Freshwater, where only 1.8% of homes have no motor vehicle. While the area has plenty of public transport stops, very few residents actually use them to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least two cars, with 37.8% owning two and 11.3% owning three. This means far fewer homes are without a vehicle compared to the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Freshwater, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (38%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
More than half of workers drive themselves to work, while 16.0% work from home, which is a little above the state figure. Only 0.7% use public transport for their commute.
16.0% ▲ +274.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -62.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Freshwater has 11 public transport stops and one route, which is much higher than most similar areas. Weekly bus departures per 1,000 people are also much higher than in most areas, though still a little below the Queensland average.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.14
Higher than 78% 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).
585.4
Higher than 80% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 4 minutes, which is lower than in most areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
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 Freshwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31087/freshwater/topic/transport