37.9% ▼ -19.7%
Higher than 97% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 47.2%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lockhart River · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Lockhart River
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 38% of homes in Lockhart River have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the national rate. This lack of car ownership and the total absence of public transport means daily travel relies heavily on walking or sharing rides.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 38% of households do not have a car, which is far above the 7.4% seen across Australia. While this is among the highest rates for similar areas, the figure fell by 9.3 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Lockhart River splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and No vehicle (39%), with 2 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area uses public transport or works from home, with figures far below the national averages. Most people either drive or walk to work, with nearly 30% choosing to walk.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 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 Lockhart River. This puts the area far below the Queensland average for transit access, with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people.
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 Lockhart River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34570/lockhart-river/topic/transport