7.4% ▼ -32.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Walkervale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Walkervale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 74% of working residents in Walkervale drive themselves to work, showing a strong reliance on cars. While public transport infrastructure is common here, very few people actually use it for their daily commute. This creates a contrast between the available bus services and the actual travel habits of the people living here.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas and slightly above the Queensland figure. Most households have one or two vehicles, with 39.3% owning one and 33.1% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Walkervale, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than in the rest of Australia, at just 3.5%. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure.
3.5% ▲ +25.8%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 3.5%
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: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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 19 public transport stops and 4 bus routes, making this area far above the Queensland average for access. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
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.
6.37
Higher than 83% 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).
266.0
Higher than 74% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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 transport stop is very easy for locals, with a typical walk of just 1 minute, which is much lower than in most other areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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 Walkervale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32960/walkervale/topic/transport