10.7% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wooloowin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wooloowin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few areas have as many public transport options as Wooloowin, which stands out for its exceptional connectivity. This is a highly accessible hub where 12.1% of workers use public transport and 10.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, figures that are well above the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 11% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households do own a car, with 46.7% having one and 30.6% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wooloowin, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Work patterns here are diverse, as 24.3% of people work from home, a figure far above the Queensland average of 14.1%. While 40.1% drive themselves to work, public transport use is among the highest at this level.
24.3% ▲ +514.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
12.1% ▼ -37.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 12.1%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area is a major transit point with 47 routes and 15 stops, which is more than 85% of similar areas. With 1,116.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service frequency is much higher than the Queensland figure.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.72
Higher than 72% 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).
1,116.7
Higher than 87% 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).
47
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
74,895
Higher than 88% 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).
236,999
Higher than 87% 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).
33
Lower than 90% 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 to the city is very fast, with a typical drive time of just 8 minutes. The area is also very walkable, with a typical 4-minute walk to the nearest transport stop.
4
Lower than 71% 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 Wooloowin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33149/wooloowin/topic/transport