Wamuran Basin · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Wamuran Basin

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Not a single home in Wamuran Basin is without a motor vehicle, reflecting a total reliance on private cars. This is far below the national figure, where 7.4% of households have no car. The area is heavily dependent on driving, which is consistent with the lack of local public transport options.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 64% of homes owning two or more vehicles. No households reported having no motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Wamuran Basin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 4 or more (25%) and 1 vehicle (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is much more common here than in most areas, with 26.2% of the workforce doing so. This is far above the Queensland figure of 14.1%, while the rest of the workforce mostly relies on driving.

26.2%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 15.0%
  • 2021: 26.2%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Wamuran Basin, Car (driver) is the majority at 64%; Worked at home is next at 36%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is virtually non-existent in the area, with zero stops or routes available. This puts the area far below the Queensland figure for stops and departures per 1,000 people.

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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.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes about 55 minutes to drive to the city, a travel time that is around the middle for similar areas.

55

Lower than 59% 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 Wamuran Basin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32978/wamuran-basin/topic/transport