Warwick · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Warwick

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

Higher rates of car-free households than most similar areas mark the transport landscape in Warwick. While most homes rely on cars, about 7.8% of households have no motor vehicle at all. This is slightly above the Queensland figure of 5.8%.

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📍 Warwick, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Typical homes here have one or two cars, with 42.8% owning one and 33.2% owning two. However, 7.8% of homes have no vehicle, which is a much higher proportion than in most other similar areas.

7.8% ▼ -27.1%

Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.7%
  • 2016: 9.4%
  • 2021: 7.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Warwick, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (10%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Getting to work is almost entirely dependent on cars, as only 0.1% of people use public transport. This reliance is reflected in the low number of people working from home, at just 5%—a figure far below the national average of 21%.

5.0% ▲ +39.2%

Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.6%
  • 2016: 3.7%
  • 2021: 5.0%

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

0.1% ▼ -63.7%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.3%
  • 2016: 0.2%
  • 2021: 0.1%

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 Warwick, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; Car (passenger) is next at 8%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is virtually non-existent here, with zero stops and routes. This means access to services is far below the Queensland average, with no weekly departures per 1,000 people.

0.00

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Travel times are a significant factor for residents, as the drive time to the city is 108 minutes. This is higher than in most similar areas.

108

Higher than 74% 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 Warwick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33000/warwick/topic/transport