1.8% ▲ +166.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kurwongbah · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kurwongbah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people own multiple cars in Kurwongbah than in typical Australian suburbs, with only 1.8% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. While the area has a high number of transport routes, it remains heavily dependent on cars for daily travel. This creates a stark contrast between the high vehicle ownership and the difficulty of accessing public transport on foot.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here have multiple cars, with 36.2% owning two and 26.7% owning four or more. This explains why the 1.8% of homes without a vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kurwongbah, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 4 or more (27%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 62.2% of people being the main driver. Around 14.4% of residents work from home, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
14.4% ▲ +82.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -46.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 provided entirely by trains, with 398.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people being much higher than most similar areas. However, the 1.29 stops per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland average of 2.99.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.29
Higher than 62% 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).
398.2
Higher than 76% 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).
32
Higher than 87% 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.
It takes a typical 35-minute drive to reach the city, which is lower than in most areas. In contrast, the 58-minute walk to the nearest stop is much higher than most other places.
58
Higher than 84% 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.
35
Lower than 70% 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 Kurwongbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31596/kurwongbah/topic/transport