46.2% ▼ -22.4%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 59.5%
- 2016: 52.2%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kowanyama · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Kowanyama
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all homes in Kowanyama have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the national average. This lack of private transport shapes daily life, with many people walking to work and no public transport available in the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 46.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is far above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. While this remains among the highest rates for similar areas, it has fallen 13 points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kowanyama, the largest group is No vehicle at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 2 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is the most common way to get to work for 43.3% of residents. Nobody in the area works from home or uses public transport, which is far below the national figures.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Kowanyama. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure 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 Kowanyama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34420/kowanyama/topic/transport