3.4% ▼ -27.1%
Lower than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kurwongbah · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Kurwongbah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Kurwongbah relies on a car, with only 3.4% of homes having no motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is a central part of daily life, as public transport use remains low and access to services is limited. Most people here get to work by car, while a growing number now work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 41.5% of homes owning two vehicles and 10.2% having four or more. The proportion of homes without a car is much lower than most areas, falling from 4.6% in 2011 to 3.4% in 2021.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kurwongbah, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 60.8% of people commuting as the driver. While 13.7% now work from home—a rise of 10 percentage points since 2011—this is well below the national figure of 21.0%.
13.7% ▲ +321.5%
Higher than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.4% ▼ -45.2%
Higher than 65% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 3.4%
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.
Public transport is far less frequent here than in the rest of Queensland, with 395.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people compared to the state's 720.7. Bus services are the main option, making up 85.2% of the routes, while train use is lower at 14.8%.
152
Lower than 76% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.65
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
395.2
Lower than 75% of state electorate 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).
72
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kurwongbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30042/kurwongbah/topic/transport