0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Te Kowai · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Te Kowai
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Te Kowai has at least one motor vehicle, showing a total reliance on cars since 2011. While the area has more public transport stops than many similar places, the actual service is very limited.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with no homes without a vehicle. Over half of all households own two or more cars, and about 20% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Te Kowai, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 32%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 1 vehicle (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 61.1% as the driver. About 15.9% work from home, which is a little above the Queensland figure.
15.9% ▲ +99.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 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.
There are 8.81 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the Queensland figure, and only buses operate here.
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.
8.81
Higher than 87% 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).
176.2
Higher than 72% 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 nearest stop is a challenge, with a typical 25-minute walk, which is higher than most areas.
25
Higher than 63% 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.
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 Te Kowai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32762/te-kowai/topic/transport