4.7% ▼ -25.4%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Balonne · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Balonne
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one uses public transport in Balonne, making it much lower than most areas. The region relies heavily on private cars to get around, though 14% of people now work from home. This shift toward self-reliance is reflected in the very low number of households without a vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Balonne have at least one car, and 35.7% have two. Only 4.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Balonne splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 61.1% of people as the main driver. No one in the area commutes by public transport, a figure that is well below the national average of 3.1%.
14.0% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 virtually non-existent here, with zero routes and stops. This is far below the Queensland average of 2.99 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
0.0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) 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).
0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) 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 Balonne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA30300/balonne/topic/transport