0.9% ▼ -35.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 0.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Willow Vale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Willow Vale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer households lack a car in Willow Vale than across Queensland, with only 0.9% of homes having no motor vehicle. This heavy reliance on private cars is reflected in the commute, as nearly 64% of workers drive themselves to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 43.4% owning two and 17.4% owning four or more. Only 0.9% of households have no vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Willow Vale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (19%) and 1 vehicle (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, while 17% of people work from home, a figure a little above the state average. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.6%.
17.0% ▲ +62.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -59.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 limited to a single bus route and stop. While these figures are higher than in many similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the Queensland average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.44
Higher than 59% 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).
62.3
Higher than 64% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
It takes about 35 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than in most similar areas. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop is much longer than most places, taking around 41 minutes.
41
Higher than 74% 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.
35
Lower than 70% 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 Willow Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33078/willow-vale/topic/transport