2.0% ▲ +41.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Twin Waters · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Twin Waters
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all homes in Twin Waters have two motor vehicles, making cars the primary way people move around. This is a heavily car-reliant area where very few people use public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households go without a car here, with only 2.0% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8% and the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Twin Waters, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common, with 23.9% of residents doing so, which is well above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. Only 0.6% of people commute using public transport.
23.9% ▲ +84.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -37.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 almost non-existent in the area, with zero routes and stops recorded. This means access is far below the Queensland average.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around without a car is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 22 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
22
Higher than 60% 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.
73
Higher 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).
More for Twin Waters
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Twin Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32890/twin-waters/topic/transport