5.2% —
Lower than 74% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rest of Qld · Capital City
Transport & Vehicles in Rest of Qld
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has grown since 2016 across the Rest of Qld, where 10.6% of people now do so. Most residents rely heavily on their own cars to get around, as public transport use remains very low and services are limited.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 38.4% of homes owning two vehicles and only 5.2% of households having none. This lack of vehicle-free homes is lower than in most other areas and has barely changed since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Rest of Qld splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 64.2% of people as the driver. Only 1.2% of the workforce uses public transport, which is lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 3.1%.
10.6% —
Higher than 62% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% —
Lower than 80% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 options are limited, with only 2.11 stops per 1,000 people, a figure well below the Queensland average. Weekly departures are also far below the state level, with buses making up 95.7% of the available services.
5,513
Higher than 54% of capital city areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.11
Lower than 87% of capital city areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
416.9
Lower than 72% of capital city 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).
231
Higher than 51% of capital city 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 Rest of Qld [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/3RQLD/rest-of-qld/topic/transport