Fraser Coast · Council (LGA)

Transport & Vehicles in Fraser Coast

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Fewer homes in Fraser Coast have gone without a car since 2011, though very few people now work from home. This is a region where car travel is essential, with 68.1% of workers driving themselves to their jobs.

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📍 Fraser Coast, Council (LGA)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 5.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most areas and similar to the Queensland figure. Most households own one or two cars, with 39.6% having one and 35.6% having two.

5.9% ▼ -25.7%

Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 7.9%
  • 2016: 6.6%
  • 2021: 5.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Fraser Coast splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 7.2%. Public transport is rarely used for commuting, with only 0.4% of workers choosing it, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.

7.2% ▲ +51.7%

Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 4.8%
  • 2016: 5.0%
  • 2021: 7.2%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.4% ▼ -48.5%

Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 0.9%
  • 2016: 0.9%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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.

How people get to work

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In Fraser Coast, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Worked at home is next at 9%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is almost non-existent in the area, with zero recorded routes or stops. This means there are no weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Queensland average.

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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Fraser Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA33220/fraser-coast/topic/transport