Wattlebank · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Wattlebank

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

Almost every household in Wattlebank relies on a car for daily travel, as there is no public transport available. This dependence is clear, with 22.2% of the workforce working from home to avoid the commute.

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📍 Wattlebank, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Wattlebank has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia. Most households have two cars, while 20% of homes own three or more.

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 Wattlebank, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (11%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 63.9% of residents. No one uses public transport to commute, which helps explain why the proportion of people working from home is well above the state figure.

22.2% —

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 20.5%
  • 2021: 22.2%

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

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 7.7%
  • 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 Wattlebank, Car (driver) is the majority at 74%; Worked at home is next at 26%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in Wattlebank. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the Queensland average.

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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).

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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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Wattlebank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33012/wattlebank/topic/transport