14.8% ▼ -32.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
West Ipswich · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in West Ipswich
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people live without a car in West Ipswich than in most similar areas. Roughly 15% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the national average. This suggests a local reliance on other ways of getting around, supported by very high levels of public transport access.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 14.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the 7.4% national figure. For those who do own cars, the most common arrangement is a single vehicle, found in 40.3% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In West Ipswich, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is much less common here than across Australia, with only 11% doing so. Most people drive to work, though 8.8% walk and 3.9% use public transport, which is much higher than in most other areas.
11.0% ▲ —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.9% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 3.9%
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.
Public transport options are plentiful, with 9.77 stops per 1,000 people, a figure far above the Queensland average. Weekly departures are also among the highest for similar areas, though all services are bus-based.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.77
Higher than 87% 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).
1,669.9
Higher than 90% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
6,715
Higher than 53% 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).
34,024
Higher than 58% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a transport stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes, which is much lower than in most areas. The drive time to the city is 33 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.
33
Lower than 71% 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 West Ipswich [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33037/west-ipswich/topic/transport