Woongarra · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Woongarra

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

A 52-minute walk to the nearest transport stop is typical for Woongarra, where cars are essential. Very few people here get by without a vehicle, and most households own multiple cars to get around the area.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 78.2% owning two or more cars.

2.0% ▲ +9.1%

Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.9%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 2.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Woongarra, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 4 or more (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Car travel is the main way to get to work, with 66.7% of people driving. Only 10.3% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.

10.3% ▼ -37.9%

Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.5%
  • 2016: 13.1%
  • 2021: 10.3%

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

1.0% ▲ —

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 1.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Woongarra, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Worked at home is next at 11%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is almost non-existent here, with zero stops and zero routes. This is far below the Queensland average for stops and departures per 1,000 people.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Walking to the nearest public transport stop takes 52 minutes on average, which is much higher than in most other areas.

52

Higher than 81% 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.

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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Woongarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33153/woongarra/topic/transport