6.3% ▼ -27.9%
Higher than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Longreach · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Longreach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every worker in Longreach relies on a car to get around, as the area has no public transport routes or stops. Most homes have at least one vehicle, and the typical household owns two or more to navigate the vast local landscape.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.3% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most areas and rose slightly compared to the Queensland figure. However, ownership is generally high, with 33.4% of households owning two cars and 10.2% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Longreach splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving a car is the primary way to get to work for 60.7% of residents, while 11.8% work from home. This is well below the national figure for working from home, and 0.0% of people use public transport, which is much lower than most areas.
11.8% ▲ +16.4%
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
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: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.2%
- 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 routes or stops in the area, leaving it far below the Queensland average for service access. With zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, it is much lower than most 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 Longreach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34710/longreach/topic/transport