5.1% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kirwan · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kirwan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 72% of workers in Kirwan drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While public transport infrastructure is more common here than in many similar areas, very few people actually use it for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 40.7% owning two. About 5.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kirwan, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport for work, at just 0.9%. This is combined with a very low rate of working from home, at 4.3%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
4.3% ▲ +141.4%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -34.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
Kirwan has 50 public transport stops and 4 routes, which is more than 85% of similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland average.
50
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.41
Higher than 67% 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).
418.4
Higher than 77% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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 generally spend about 8 minutes walking to their nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
8
Lower than 57% 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 Kirwan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31558/kirwan/topic/transport