59.3% ▲ +641.5%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 59.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Warraber Island · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 70% of workers walk to their jobs in Warraber Island, reflecting a community where most people live very close to their workplace. The area is largely car-free, with a striking 59.3% of homes having no motor vehicle at all.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 60% of households do not own a car, a figure that is far above the Queensland and national levels. This is a major shift for the area, as the number of car-less homes rose by 51 percentage points since 2011.
59.3% ▲ +641.5%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Warraber Island, No vehicle is the majority at 65%; 1 vehicle is next at 30%.
How people travel to work.
Walking is the primary way people get to work, while no one uses public transport or works from home. Those who do not walk mostly use cars, with 22.1% driving and 5.9% travelling as passengers.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Warraber Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322133/warraber-island/topic/transport