6.0% ▼ -29.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tewantin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tewantin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more public transport stops and services are available in Tewantin than in most other similar areas. While many residents still rely on cars, the town offers an impressive 1,114 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the Queensland figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Tewantin have one or two cars, though 6% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most other areas and slightly above the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Tewantin splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the main way people get to work, with 63.2% driving. Very few people use public transport for their commute (1.1%), and those working from home (12.6%) make up a smaller group than in most other areas.
12.6% ▲ +116.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -31.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 heavily based on buses, with 59 stops and 7 routes serving the area. This provides a level of access and frequency that is far above the Queensland average.
59
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.28
Higher than 79% 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).
1,114.2
Higher than 87% 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).
7
Higher than 86% 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.
Living in Tewantin means a short 4-minute walk to the nearest stop, which is lower than most areas. However, it takes 90 minutes to drive to the city, which is longer than in most similar places.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
90
Higher than 63% 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 Tewantin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32774/tewantin/topic/transport