0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lower Mount Walker · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lower Mount Walker
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Lower Mount Walker has a motor vehicle, a rate well below the state and national figures. This heavy reliance on cars is expected in a place where public transport is completely unavailable and the drive to the city takes about 54 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 35.7% owning three and 26.8% owning four or more. This high level of ownership is reflected in the fact that 0% of homes are without a vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lower Mount Walker, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 32%, followed by 2 vehicles (26%) and 4 or more (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 58.1% of residents, while 16.1% work from home, which is a little above the Queensland figure. No one in the area uses public transport to commute.
16.1% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 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. This means no one can reach other areas via transit within 45 minutes, and the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
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).
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.
Getting around depends almost entirely on private cars, as the typical drive time to the city is 54 minutes.
54
Lower than 59% 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 Lower Mount Walker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31693/lower-mount-walker/topic/transport