7.3% ▼ -27.0%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wynnum West · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wynnum West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of workers in Wynnum West drive themselves to work, with 58.4% of the workforce commuting by car. This is a well-connected area where most residents have a car, though it has a higher number of car-free homes than most similar suburbs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Queensland figure. Most households have one or two cars, with 39.6% owning two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Wynnum West splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 15.8% of residents, though this is well below the national figure. Public transport use for work is 3.8%, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
15.8% ▲ +434.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.8% ▼ -53.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 3.8%
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.
Public transport infrastructure is strong, with 72 stops and 23 routes making it one of the largest for its size. There are 5.63 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Queensland average.
72
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.63
Higher than 80% 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).
629.6
Higher than 81% 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).
23
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
15,681
Higher than 68% 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).
49,933
Higher than 65% 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).
80
Higher than 89% 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 around is relatively easy, with a short 4-minute walk to the nearest stop. A 20-minute drive to the city is much lower than most similar areas.
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.
20
Lower than 83% 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 Wynnum West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33189/wynnum-west/topic/transport