1.2% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ilkley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ilkley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Ilkley, where almost every home owns at least one vehicle. Only 1.2% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 23.1% owning four or more and 36.3% owning two. This high level of ownership is consistent with very few households lacking a vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ilkley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 4 or more (23%) and 3 vehicles (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, as 0% of people use public transport. While 17.1% of the workforce works from home, this is well below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
17.1% ▲ +75.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 17.1%
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: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is non-existent here, with zero stops and zero routes available. This is far below the Queensland average of 2.99 stops per 1,000 people.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around without a car is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 60 minutes. This is much higher than most similar areas.
60
Higher than 85% 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 Ilkley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31384/ilkley/topic/transport