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.
West Prairie · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in West Prairie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in West Prairie now owns a car, reflecting a shift towards total vehicle reliance since 2011. With no one relying on public transport to get to work, the area is defined by a high number of vehicles per home and a significant amount of people working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
No homes in West Prairie are without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 31.8% owning three vehicles and another 27.3% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In West Prairie, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 37%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 4 or more (32%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 42.9% of residents doing so, which is far above the national figure of 21.0%. This high rate of remote work is consistent with the fact that 0.0% of people use public transport to commute.
42.9% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is non-existent in the area, with zero routes and stops. This means the number of weekly departures and stops per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0.0
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 the city takes a long time, with a typical drive of 139 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
139
Higher than 88% 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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for West Prairie
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in West Prairie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33040/west-prairie/topic/transport