16.2% ▼ -28.1%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Woolloongabba · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Woolloongabba
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people live without a car in Woolloongabba than in most other areas, with 16.2% of homes having no motor vehicle. This lack of car reliance is supported by a massive public transport network and a very short 8-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 16.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households rely on one car, making up 51.8% of the area.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Woolloongabba, 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; 2 vehicles is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is far above the national figure, with 13.4% of workers using it. Another 17.8% work from home, which is well above the Queensland average but well below the national rate.
17.8% ▲ +522.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
13.4% ▼ -36.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 13.4%
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.
The area has a huge amount of transit options, with 112 routes and 41 stops. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the Queensland figure, and there are 4.72 stops per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most areas.
41
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.
4.72
Higher than 76% 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).
5,856.0
Higher 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).
112
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
50,484
Higher than 87% 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).
269,627
Higher than 88% 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).
28
Lower than 94% 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.
Getting into the city is very fast, with a typical drive time of just 8 minutes. Walking to the nearest transport stop is also quicker than in most areas, taking only 5 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
8
Lower than 97% 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 Woolloongabba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33144/woolloongabba/topic/transport