0.8% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wakerley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wakerley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of Wakerley homes have two motor vehicles, reflecting a strong reliance on cars for daily travel. While the area is very car-dependent, it also has a high number of residents who work from home compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households get by without a car, with only 0.8% having no vehicle. This is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wakerley, 2 vehicles is the majority at 54%; 1 vehicle is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here; 24.2% of people do so, which is far above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. Most other workers drive, as 56.1% commute by car as the driver.
24.2% ▲ +416.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▼ -62.7%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 relies entirely on buses, with 19 stops and 6 routes serving the area. While the number of stops per 1,000 people is higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the Queensland average.
19
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.18
Higher than 66% 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).
313.8
Higher than 75% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
9,446
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
9,446
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
86
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A quick drive to the city takes about 18 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes around 12 minutes.
12
Lower than 51% 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.
18
Lower than 85% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Wakerley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32955/wakerley/topic/transport