4.0% ▼ -23.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wishart · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wishart
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 15-minute drive to the city makes Wishart a very accessible place to live. It is a well-connected area where public transport is used more often than in most other parts of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 42.1% owning two. Only 4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wishart, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used by 6.4% of workers, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. This is alongside a strong trend of working from home, with 18.7% of residents doing so.
18.7% ▲ +404.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.4% ▼ -49.4%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 6.4%
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.
Bus services are the only form of transit here, with 43 stops and 9 routes. This high level of access is reflected in the 1,401.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far above the state figure.
43
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.79
Higher than 73% 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).
1,401.4
Higher than 88% 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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
31,312
Higher than 84% 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).
77,685
Higher than 74% 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).
49
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Daily travel is convenient, with a typical 4-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is just 15 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
15
Lower than 88% 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 Wishart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33102/wishart/topic/transport