5.6% ▼ -23.8%
Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Charters Towers · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Charters Towers
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero public transport stops and routes are available in Charters Towers, making it an area where residents rely almost entirely on their own cars. Most homes have at least one vehicle, and very few people work from home compared to the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 36% of homes owning one vehicle and 35.7% owning two. Only 5.6% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and is slightly lower than the Australian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Charters Towers splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 58.5% of people. While 10.3% work from home, this is far below the national figure of 21% and well below the Queensland average.
10.3% ▲ +17.1%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.8% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 access is much lower than most areas, with no recorded stops or 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 Charters Towers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32310/charters-towers/topic/transport