3.5% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Central Highlands · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Central Highlands
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 60% of workers in Central Highlands (Qld) drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on private cars. With very few people working from home and almost no public transport infrastructure, most residents depend on their own vehicles to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a car, with only 3.5% of households owning none. This is well below the national figure of 7.4% and has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Central Highlands, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 9.1% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%. While 4.2% use public transport to get to work, this is a little above both the state and national figures.
9.1% ▲ +24.8%
Lower than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.2% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 almost non-existent here, with zero stops and routes. This means there are no weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is 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 Central Highlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32270/central-highlands/topic/transport