8.9% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sherwood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sherwood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 12-minute drive to the city makes Sherwood a highly connected hub. This accessibility is reflected in the numbers, with 27.7% of people working from home, a figure far above the Queensland average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households rely on one or two cars, with 44.4% owning one and 35.4% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sherwood, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and No vehicle (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used by 7.5% of workers, which is well above the national and state figures. However, the most common way to get to work is by car as a driver, at 42.5%.
27.7% ▲ +452.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.5% ▼ -63.5%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 7.5%
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 is well served by 52 public transport routes and 20 stops, which is more than most similar areas. This makes the transit time to the city much lower than most areas, and 134,987 people can be reached within 45 minutes by transit.
20
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.29
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).
549.3
Higher than 79% 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).
52
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
28,642
Higher than 81% 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).
134,987
Higher than 86% 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).
40
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to public transport is very convenient, with the walk to the nearest stop taking only 3 minutes. This is much lower than most other areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
12
Lower than 92% 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 Sherwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32554/sherwood/topic/transport