2.7% ▼ -52.1%
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Barcoo · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Barcoo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 41% of working residents in Barcoo drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on private cars. This is a place where vehicle ownership is very high and public transport options are non-existent. Only 2.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 31.8% owning two and 15.5% owning four or more. This explains why the share of homes without a vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Barcoo splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 4 or more at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one uses public transport to get to work, which is much lower than most areas. While 11.9% of people work from home, this is well below the Australian figure and has fallen 12 points since 2011.
11.9% ▼ -50.0%
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 11.9%
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: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This lack of access is far below the Queensland average and is smaller than about 79% of similar areas.
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 Barcoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA30450/barcoo/topic/transport