8.8% ▲ +15.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
West Gladstone · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in West Gladstone
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops than most similar areas make West Gladstone quite accessible. However, car travel remains the dominant way to get around, and the area has a notably high number of households without a motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 9% of homes in West Gladstone have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households rely on one or two cars, with 43.7% owning just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In West Gladstone, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 3.9%. This is consistent with the way people get to work, as 67.3% are drivers and only 0.6% use public transport.
3.9% ▲ +76.1%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -65.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
With 28 stops and 8 routes, the area has far more transit access than the state average. While there are many stops, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.
28
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.78
Higher than 81% 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).
430.4
Higher than 77% 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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a stop is quick, with a typical walk of only 3 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas.
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.
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 West Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33035/west-gladstone/topic/transport