1.1% ▼ -49.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Jacobs Well · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Jacobs Well
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
High levels of vehicle ownership and public transport infrastructure define Jacobs Well, where almost every home has a car. While the area has more transport stops than most similar places, very few people actually use them to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with only 1.1% of homes having no motor vehicle—a figure well below the national level of 7.4%. Nearly half of all households own two vehicles, and about 12% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Jacobs Well, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 3 vehicles (19%) and 1 vehicle (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive themselves to work, while 14.2% work from home, which is about the same as the Queensland figure. Public transport use is very low at 0.3%, falling a little below both state and national levels.
14.2% ▲ +133.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -89.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
The area has 10 public transport stops and one bus route, which is more than most similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the Queensland figure.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.47
Higher than 71% 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).
472.2
Higher than 78% 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.
Residents typically face a 39-minute drive to the city, which is lower than in most similar areas. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 9 minutes.
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.
39
Lower than 68% 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 Jacobs Well [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31424/jacobs-well/topic/transport