5.1% —
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Douglas · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Douglas
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Most areas like Douglas rely heavily on private cars for travel. Very few people use public transport, and the region has no recorded transit stops or routes. This makes personal vehicles essential for almost everyone living here.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common, with 78% of homes owning either one or two vehicles. Only 5.1% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2016 and is slightly lower than the Australian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Douglas splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 56.1% of people. Only 1.0% use public transport, while 11.1% work from home, which is a figure that rose since 2016 but remains well below the national level.
11.1% —
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% —
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 nonexistent in Douglas, with zero recorded stops or routes. This is far below the Queensland average and is much lower than most other 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Douglas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32810/douglas/topic/transport