3.7% ▼ -39.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wongaling Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wongaling Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero public transport stops are found in Wongaling Beach, making it a place where almost everyone relies on their own car. While most homes have at least one vehicle, the area has a surprisingly high rate of public transport use for commuting compared to other similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own one or two cars, though 3.7% have no motor vehicle. This is higher than most similar areas, but still well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Wongaling Beach splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (43%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly 60% of workers drive to their jobs, and 4.7% use public transport, which is among the highest rates for this type of area. Conversely, only 12.6% work from home, a figure well below the Australian average of 21.0%.
12.6% ▲ +89.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.7% ▲ +177.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 routes or stops available here. This leaves the area far below the Queensland average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
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).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Wongaling Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33124/wongaling-beach/topic/transport