1.0% ▲ —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Widgee · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Widgee
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Widgee relies on a car to get around, with only 1% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is reflected in the long commute to the city, which takes about 125 minutes and is much higher than most areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least two vehicles, with 35.4% owning two and 14.9% having four or more. This means Widgee has a much lower rate of carless homes than both Queensland and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Widgee splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (31%), with 3 vehicles at 18%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 66.1% of residents. While 14.2% work from home, which is about the same as the Queensland figure, very few people use public transport to commute.
14.2% ▲ +9.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This leaves Widgee far below the Queensland average for both the number of stops and weekly departures 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.
The drive time to the city is 125 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
125
Higher than 83% 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 Widgee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33068/widgee/topic/transport