4.8% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 66% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dawson · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Dawson
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Just 1.87 public transport stops per 1,000 people are available in Dawson, marking it as an area with very limited transit options. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around, with very few people working from home or using buses.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 40% of homes in Dawson have two vehicles, and only 4.8% of households are without a motor vehicle. This figure is about the same as the Queensland average and has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dawson, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, with only 5.5% of people doing so, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Most people drive to work, while only 1.6% use public transport.
5.5% —
Lower than 96% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% —
Lower than 65% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 very limited, with 303 stops and 14 routes across the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland average, and all available services are buses.
303
Lower than 93% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.87
Lower than 93% of federal 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).
148.7
Lower than 94% of federal 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).
14
Lower than 94% of federal 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Dawson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED306/dawson/topic/transport