Livingstone · Council (LGA)

Transport & Vehicles in Livingstone

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

Private cars are essential for daily life in Livingstone, where only 3.4% of homes have no motor vehicle. This reliance on driving is clear across the region, as public transport is almost non-existent for residents.

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📍 Livingstone, Council (LGA)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here have multiple cars, with 40.3% owning two and 10.1% owning four or more. The proportion of households without a vehicle is much lower than most areas and fell slightly since 2016.

3.4% —

Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2016: 4.3%
  • 2021: 3.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Livingstone, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 66% of people acting as the driver. Very few people work from home at 7.8%, which is far below the national figure of 21%, and only 1.4% use public transport.

7.8% —

Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2016: 5.7%
  • 2021: 7.8%

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

1.4% —

Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2016: 2.2%
  • 2021: 1.4%

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 Livingstone, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; 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 effectively unavailable in this area, with zero recorded stops and routes. This means access to services 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 Livingstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34530/livingstone/topic/transport