17.4% ▼ -27.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Westcourt · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Westcourt
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more homes without a car than most similar areas define Westcourt. While the typical household has one vehicle, 17.4% of homes have none at all, which is far above the national figure of 7.4%. This lack of private transport is balanced by very high access to public transit.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly one in six homes in Westcourt have no motor vehicle, which is far above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. For those who do have a car, half of all homes own just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Westcourt, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (25%) and No vehicle (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here, with only 8.4% doing so, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. Most residents commute by car, while 2% use public transport to get to work.
8.4% ▲ +121.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 highly available, with 11 stops and 8 routes serving the area. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 1,091.9, which is well above the Queensland figure of 720.7.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.86
Higher than 69% 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).
1,091.9
Higher than 87% 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 Westcourt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33046/westcourt/topic/transport