2.4% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wellington Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wellington Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 2.4% of homes in Wellington Point have no motor vehicle, making it an area where car ownership is far more common than the state and national figures. Most households rely on their own transport, though a small number of residents use the local bus and train networks to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 43.4% of homes having two vehicles and 16.8% having three. Only 2.4% of households get by without a car, which is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wellington Point, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
More than half of workers drive to work, and 18.6% work from home, a figure well above the state average. Public transport use for commuting is 2.9%, which is about the same as the national figure.
18.6% ▲ +321.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.9% ▼ -58.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 2.9%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 45 stops and 20 routes, which is among the largest for its size. While there are more stops per person than the state average, the weekly number of departures is far below the Queensland figure.
45
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.55
Higher than 72% 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).
362.4
Higher than 76% 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).
20
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,893
Higher than 62% 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).
15,770
Lower than 54% 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).
86
Higher than 97% 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.
A short 4-minute walk to the nearest stop is typical for residents, which is lower than most areas. Driving to the city takes 27 minutes, a time that is much lower than most similar places.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
27
Lower than 77% 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 Wellington Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33027/wellington-point/topic/transport