Witheren · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Witheren

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Zero percent of homes lack a motor vehicle in Witheren, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%. This makes the area entirely dependent on cars to get around. Most households own multiple vehicles to bridge the gap created by a total lack of public transport.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 83.3% of homes owning two or more vehicles. This is far more common than in the rest of the state, where 5.8% of homes have no car at all.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Witheren, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 52.9% of people as the driver. While 13.8% work from home—about the same as the Queensland figure—no one here uses public transport to commute.

13.8% ▲ +75.4%

Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.9%
  • 2016: 5.5%
  • 2021: 13.8%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.2%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Witheren, Car (driver) is the majority at 61%; Walked is next at 18%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There is no public transport infrastructure in the area, with zero stops and routes. This is far below the Queensland average of 2.99 stops per 1,000 people.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The journey to the city is relatively long, with a typical drive time of 62 minutes.

62

Lower than 55% 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 Witheren [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33104/witheren/topic/transport