10.7% ▼ -27.9%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Carpentaria · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Carpentaria
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of the workers in Carpentaria drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on private cars. While most homes have at least one vehicle, a surprising 10.7% of households have none at all, which is well above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 42.7% of homes have one vehicle and 28.9% have two. The 10.7% of homes without a car is much higher than in most areas, though this figure has fallen 4.1 points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Carpentaria, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, a figure that has fallen since 2011. Meanwhile, 10.5% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian average of 21%.
10.5% ▲ +17.4%
Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 10.5%
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: 1.9%
- 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 Carpentaria. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure.
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 Carpentaria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32250/carpentaria/topic/transport