Highworth · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Highworth

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

Not a single household in Highworth lacks a motor vehicle, making the area entirely reliant on private cars. This total dependence on driving is reflected in the local commute, where no one uses public transport to get to work.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least two cars, with 39.7% owning two and 11.9% owning three. This is well below the Queensland and Australian figures for homes without any vehicle.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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 Highworth, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 71.9% of residents. Very few people work from home at 8.8%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.

8.8% ▲ +340.4%

Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 9.1%
  • 2021: 8.8%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Highworth, Car (driver) is the majority at 86%; Worked at home is next at 11%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is completely absent here, with no stops or routes available. This puts Highworth far below the Queensland average for service 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.

Residents face a 72-minute drive to the city. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 9 minutes, which is typical for areas of this size.

9

Lower than 56% 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.

72

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)).
  • 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 Highworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31337/highworth/topic/transport