4.7% ▼ -54.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Willowbank · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Willowbank
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few areas around here have as many public transport stops per person as Willowbank. Most residents rely on cars to get around, but the area has more transport infrastructure than many similar places. This mix of high stop density and high car use defines how people move through the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes keep at least one car, with 33.8% having two vehicles. Only 4.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is slightly lower than the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Willowbank splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (34%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 66.8% of people as the driver. Far fewer people work from home here than the national figure, at just 10.7%.
10.7% ▲ +229.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 5.18 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Queensland figure. However, these bus services are not very connected, as zero people can reach other areas within 45 minutes by transit.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.18
Higher than 78% 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).
524.1
Higher than 79% 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).
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 37 minutes to drive to the city, which is faster than in most similar areas. Despite the number of stops, it takes much longer than usual to walk to the nearest one, taking about 30 minutes.
30
Higher than 67% 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.
37
Lower than 69% 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 Willowbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33079/willowbank/topic/transport