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.
Wights Mountain · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wights Mountain
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 30% of working residents in Wights Mountain work from home, a figure far above the national average. The area is heavily reliant on private cars, with every single household owning at least one motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 85.6% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Not a single household in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wights Mountain, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 4 or more (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common, with 29.2% of people doing so, which is far above the Queensland average. Most other workers drive, with 52.3% of the workforce commuting as the driver.
29.2% ▲ +420.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.4% ▼ -31.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 almost non-existent in Wights Mountain, where there are no stops or routes. This is far below the Queensland figure for transport access.
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
It takes a typical resident 52 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is much higher than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 27 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas.
52
Higher than 81% 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.
27
Lower than 77% 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 Wights Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33073/wights-mountain/topic/transport