8.1% ▼ -16.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rosewood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rosewood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 1 in 10 homes in Rosewood have no motor vehicle, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. While the town has a decent number of public transport stops, very few people actually work from home compared to the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.1% of households here do not own a car, which is a little above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most homes have one or two vehicles, with 38.4% owning just one and 35.2% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Rosewood splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 8.9% of residents work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%. Most people drive themselves to work, while public transport use is at 2.9%, about the same as the national average.
8.9% ▲ +308.1%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.9% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.9%
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.
Rosewood has 4 public transport stops and 9 routes, which is more than many similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure, and no one can reach other people within 45 minutes using transit.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.23
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).
195.8
Higher than 73% 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).
9
Higher than 86% 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.
The drive time to the city is 44 minutes, which is lower than most areas. On average, it takes 14 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop.
14
Higher than 51% 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.
44
Lower than 65% 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 Rosewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32475/rosewood/topic/transport