Wolffdene · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Wolffdene

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

Far fewer homes lack a car in Wolffdene than the national average, with not a single household without a vehicle. This reliance on private transport defines the area, which sees a very high proportion of residents owning multiple cars.

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📍 Wolffdene, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is nearly universal here, as 0% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 30% owning four or more vehicles.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

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

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Wolffdene splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (32%) and 4 or more (29%), with 3 vehicles at 21%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 71% of residents. Public transport use is a little above the Queensland average at 4.1%, while 14.5% of people work from home.

14.5% ▲ +153.4%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.7%
  • 2016: 8.7%
  • 2021: 14.5%

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

4.1% ▼ -51.7%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.6%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 4.1%

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 Wolffdene, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 15%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is almost non-existent in the area, with zero stops and zero routes. This leaves the place far below the Queensland average for transport access.

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).

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is difficult without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 60 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is 33 minutes.

60

Higher than 85% 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.

33

Lower than 71% 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 Wolffdene [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33111/wolffdene/topic/transport