4.3% ▼ -28.6%
Lower than 77% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Longman · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Longman
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 40-minute walk to the nearest stop is much higher than most areas, highlighting the isolation of Longman. This is a place where most people rely on their own cars to get around and get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households lack a car, with only 4.3% having no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. Most homes have either one or two vehicles, and 24% have three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Longman splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive, as 62.7% are car drivers. Only 11.6% work from home—a figure well below the Australian average, though it has risen by 7.0 percentage points since 2016.
11.6% —
Lower than 66% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% —
Lower than 55% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 here, with weekly departures per 1,000 people far below the Queensland figure. Buses are the primary option, making up 95.1% of the available modes.
435
Lower than 89% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.33
Lower than 90% 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).
298.6
Lower than 84% 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).
64
Higher than 61% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is a slow process, with a typical drive time of 49 minutes. This is higher than most areas, and the long walk to transport stops reflects the area's sparse layout.
40
Higher than 87% of federal electorate areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
49
Higher than 71% of federal electorate areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Longman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED320/longman/topic/transport