12.6% ▲ +17.3%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Boulia · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Boulia
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than a third of workers in Boulia drive themselves to work, which is the most common way to get around. This remote area has a high number of homes without any motor vehicle, and it lacks any public transport services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. For those who do have cars, 39.3% of homes have just one vehicle, while 15.6% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Boulia, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (22%) and 4 or more (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure. Instead, 18.6% of people work from home—a rate that rose since 2011 and is well above the Queensland average—while 24.3% walk to their jobs.
18.6% ▲ +14.4%
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
Boulia has no public transport routes, stops, or departures. This lack of access is far below the Queensland average and is lower 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Boulia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA30900/boulia/topic/transport