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.
Southwood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Southwood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge 42.1% of workers in Southwood operate from home, a figure far above the national average. This high rate of home-based work and a total absence of public transport highlight the area's heavy reliance on private cars for any travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Southwood has at least two motor vehicles, with 70% of households owning three or more. This means the proportion of homes without a car is well below both the Queensland and Australian figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Southwood splits fairly evenly between 3 vehicles (41%) and 4 or more (41%), with 2 vehicles at 18%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is incredibly common here, with 42.1% of the workforce doing so, which is far above the national figure of 21.0%. For those who do travel, 36.8% drive themselves, while no one uses public transport to get to work.
42.1% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.3%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 nonexistent in Southwood, with zero stops, routes, or departures. This puts the area far below the Queensland average for transport access.
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).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Southwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32613/southwood/topic/transport