0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Weyba Downs · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Weyba Downs
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A total reliance on cars defines daily life in Weyba Downs, where not a single household is without a motor vehicle. This is a stark contrast to the national figure, making private transport essential for residents in this remote area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 43.1% owning two vehicles and 24.1% owning four or more. This is well below the Queensland and Australian figures for homes with no vehicle, which sit at 5.8% and 7.4% respectively.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Weyba Downs, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 4 or more (25%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost half of the workforce (47.2%) drive to work, while 16.8% work from home. No one here uses public transport to commute, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%.
16.8% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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 completely absent in Weyba Downs, with zero stops and routes. This is far below the Queensland average of 2.99 stops per 1,000 people.
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 around is a challenge, with a typical drive time to the city of 118 minutes. This is much higher than most areas, and it takes an hour to walk to the nearest transport stop.
60
Higher than 85% 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.
118
Higher than 79% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Weyba Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33054/weyba-downs/topic/transport