2.2% ▲ —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wolvi · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wolvi
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Remote living defines transport in Wolvi, where a two-hour drive is typical to reach the city. Most households rely heavily on their own cars to get around, with almost half of homes owning at least two vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households lack a car, at just 2.2%, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Nearly half of all homes have two vehicles, while 18.5% own three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wolvi, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 22.2% of people doing so, which is well above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. This helps explain why no one uses public transport to get to work.
22.2% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 22.2%
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: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average of 721.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
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.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The area is very isolated, with a typical drive time of 120 minutes to reach the city, which is much higher than most similar areas.
120
Higher than 81% 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).
More for Wolvi
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Wolvi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33112/wolvi/topic/transport