2.3% ▲ +18.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tanawha · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tanawha
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 22% of people in Tanawha work from home, a figure well above the Queensland average. This reliance on home-based work is mirrored in a high level of car ownership, with very few households lacking a motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 41.8% having two and 19.1% having four or more. Only 2.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tanawha, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 3 vehicles (20%) and 4 or more (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 21.9% of the workforce, which is well above the Queensland average. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.5%.
21.9% ▲ +49.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -59.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
While this area has more public transport stops than most similar places, the number of weekly departures is far below the Queensland figure. All available public transport is provided by bus.
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.
1.52
Higher than 63% 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).
230.2
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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city takes around 67 minutes by car. Residents face a long walk to the nearest transport stop, taking about 24 minutes, which is higher than in most areas.
24
Higher than 62% 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.
67
Lower than 52% 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)).
- 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 Tanawha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32736/tanawha/topic/transport