9.9% ▲ +20.3%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Maiwar · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Maiwar
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 1,900 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people make Maiwar an area with exceptionally high transit access. This connectivity is reflected in the way people move, with far more residents working from home or using public transport than in most other parts of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10% of homes in Maiwar have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. The usual household here has one or two cars, though the proportion of car-free homes has risen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Maiwar, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 28% of people doing so—a jump of 26 points since 2011. Public transport use for commuting is also among the highest for similar areas at 8.8%, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%.
28.0% ▲ +1007.6%
Higher than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.8% ▲ +276.9%
Higher than 96% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 8.8%
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.
The area is well served by 373 public transport stops and 97 different routes. With 5.97 stops per 1,000 people, access is far above the Queensland average, and the vast majority of these services are buses.
373
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.97
Higher than 78% 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).
1,893.8
Higher than 82% 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).
97
Higher than 88% 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 Maiwar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30048/maiwar/topic/transport