Warana · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Warana

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

Nearly 65% of working residents in Warana drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way people move around. While most homes have at least one vehicle, public transport options are surprisingly frequent for the area, with service levels far above the Queensland figure.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own one or two cars, though 5.5% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, but it is about the same as the Queensland figure.

5.5% ▼ -35.2%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.6%
  • 2016: 6.7%
  • 2021: 5.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Warana splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is less common here than in most other areas, with only 12.4% of people doing so. This is well below the Australian figure of 21%, and very few people use public transport for their commute.

12.4% ▲ +111.0%

Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.9%
  • 2016: 6.1%
  • 2021: 12.4%

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

0.9% ▼ -20.6%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.1%
  • 2016: 2.2%
  • 2021: 0.9%

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 Warana, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Worked at home is next at 14%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is heavily reliant on buses. The area has 8 stops and 5 routes, with weekly departures per 1,000 people sitting far above the Queensland average.

2.09

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).

1,708.4

Higher than 90% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to a stop is quick, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 67 minutes, placing it around the middle for its level.

3

Lower than 79% 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.

67

Lower 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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Warana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32986/warana/topic/transport