1.7% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Walloon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Walloon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people in Walloon own cars than in most similar areas, with only 1.7% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%. While the area has a high number of public transport routes for its size, the vast majority of residents still rely on private cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, as 39.5% of homes have two vehicles and 15.3% have four or more. Only 1.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than the 5.8% seen across Queensland.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Walloon, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers depend on cars, with 69.7% driving to work. Only 9.1% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%. Public transport is used by just 1.2% of workers.
9.1% ▲ +151.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -51.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 consists entirely of trains, and while there are 8 routes, the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure. No residents are recorded as being reachable within 45 minutes by transit.
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.
0.87
Higher than 61% 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).
152.3
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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 39 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas. It takes about 14 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, a figure that sits around the middle for its level.
14
Higher 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.
39
Lower than 68% 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 Walloon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32968/walloon/topic/transport