2.3% ▲ +55.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Windaroo · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Windaroo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few people in Windaroo go without a car, with only 2.3% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This reliance on driving is a core part of local life, as the vast majority of residents depend on their own transport to get around the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 43.5% owning two vehicles and 21.9% owning three. The proportion of homes without a car is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Windaroo, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 65.8% of residents as the driver. While 14.7% of people work from home, this is well below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
14.7% ▲ +254.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -68.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 options are limited to buses, though the area has 12 stops and a higher number of stops per 1,000 people than the Queensland average. Despite this, weekly departures are well below the state figure.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.33
Higher than 75% 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).
498.0
Higher than 78% 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).
14,752
Lower than 55% 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.
Getting to the city is relatively quick, with a 28-minute drive time. Residents also live close to transport, with a typical 3-minute walk to the nearest stop.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
28
Lower than 76% 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 Windaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33091/windaroo/topic/transport