1.3% ▼ -28.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Worongary · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Worongary
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.3% of Worongary homes lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%. This high level of car ownership reflects a place where most households rely on their own vehicles to get around. While there are more transport stops here than in many similar areas, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 82% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Only 1.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Worongary, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 4 or more (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to travel, with 66% of workers as the driver. Very few people use public transport to get to work (0.7%), and the 13.3% who work from home is well below the Australian figure of 21%.
13.3% ▲ +122.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -41.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Worongary has 16 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.
16
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.66
Higher than 68% 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).
189.3
Higher than 73% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 typical drive time to the city is 49 minutes, which is lower than in most areas. In contrast, the 31-minute walk to the nearest stop is higher than in most similar places.
31
Higher than 67% 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.
49
Lower than 62% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Worongary [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33166/worongary/topic/transport