6.3% ▼ -14.2%
Higher than 60% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Herbert · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Herbert
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1% of workers in Herbert use public transport to get to work, making it one of the lowest rates for the area. Most people here rely on their own cars, with 70.2% driving themselves to a job. This heavy reliance on private vehicles is consistent with the very limited transit options available across the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 39% of homes in Herbert have two motor vehicles, and 6.3% have none. This share of carless homes is higher than most areas, although it has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Herbert splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here; only 5% of people do so, which is far below the national figure of 21%. The number of people working from home has risen slightly since 2016, but the vast majority still commute by car.
5.0% —
Lower than 98% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% —
Lower than 76% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 limited to buses, with only 16 routes and 555 stops. While the number of stops per 1,000 people is a little above the Queensland figure, weekly departures are a little below that state average.
555
Lower than 84% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.38
Lower than 81% 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).
653.7
Lower than 69% 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).
16
Lower than 93% 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 Herbert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED315/herbert/topic/transport