4.3% ▼ -39.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wavell Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wavell Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Wavell Heights is far better connected to public transport than most similar areas, boasting one of the highest numbers of stops and routes in the region. This accessibility is mirrored in the workforce, where more people work from home or use public transport to commute than is typical for the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have two cars, and only 4.3% of households have no motor vehicle. This is higher than most similar areas, although it remains well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wavell Heights, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 22.5% of the workforce doing so, which is well above the Queensland figure. Additionally, 4.7% of residents commute via public transport, a rate that is among the highest for areas of this type.
22.5% ▲ +484.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.7% ▼ -51.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 4.7%
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.
The area has 75 stops and 11 routes, with 7.26 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. This high level of service means 107,471 people can be reached within 45 minutes by transit, making it more accessible than about 82% of similar areas.
75
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.26
Higher than 86% 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).
1,323.7
Higher than 88% 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).
11
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
39,616
Higher than 86% 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).
107,471
Higher than 80% 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).
55
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is efficient, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 2 minutes. This is much lower than most areas, and the drive time to the city is also much lower than usual at 13 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
13
Lower than 91% 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 Wavell Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33015/wavell-heights/topic/transport