2.7% ▼ -25.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Godwin Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Godwin Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero people in Godwin Beach use public transport to get to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. This is a car-dependent area where the vast majority of residents drive themselves to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own multiple cars, with 35.1% having two and 15.1% having four or more. Only 2.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Godwin Beach splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (30%), with 3 vehicles at 18%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 67.5% of workers as the driver. Only 8.1% work from home, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
8.1% ▲ +66.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 8.1%
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: 3.3%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 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.
While there are 3 stops and one bus route, which is more than many similar areas, they are rarely used. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.16
Higher than 82% 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).
92.4
Higher than 68% 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).
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 6 minutes, which is lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 46 minutes.
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.
46
Lower 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)).
- 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 Godwin Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31177/godwin-beach/topic/transport