3.5% ▼ -49.8%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
McKinlay · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in McKinlay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people in McKinlay live without a car compared to the national figure, with only 3.5% of homes lacking a vehicle. This reliance on private transport is common in a region where public transport is almost entirely absent. Most residents either drive or work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as the share of homes with no motor vehicle has fallen to 3.5% since 2011. This is well below the Australian figure of 7.4%. Over 20% of households own four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →McKinlay splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (32%) and 2 vehicles (32%), with 4 or more at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is much more common than in most areas, with 28.9% of residents doing so. This is far above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. While 32.8% of people drive to work, 17.1% simply walk.
28.9% ▲ +39.9%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.4% ▼ -76.5%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 2.4%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means public transport access is far below the Queensland average, 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 McKinlay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34800/mckinlay/topic/transport