5.9% ▼ -22.9%
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cassowary Coast · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Cassowary Coast
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Cassowary Coast relies on a car for daily life, with 94.1% of homes owning at least one vehicle. While very few people work from home compared to the rest of the country, the area has seen a slight increase in the number of residents using public transport since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 19% of households own three or more vehicles. The proportion of homes without a motor vehicle is 5.9%, which is higher than most similar areas and has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Cassowary Coast splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 62.7% of people being the driver. Only 7.7% of residents work from home, which is far below the national figure and much lower than most other areas.
7.7% ▲ +18.2%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% ▲ +62.4%
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 no recorded routes or stops. This means there are no weekly departures per person, a figure that is far below the Queensland average.
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 Cassowary Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32260/cassowary-coast/topic/transport