7.7% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Isa · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Isa
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Mount Isa compared to the rest of the country, with only 2.3% doing so. This lack of remote work is mirrored by a heavy reliance on cars, as the area has almost no public transport options for residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, though 7.7% of households have no motor vehicle. This is a little above the Queensland figure of 5.8% and has stayed roughly the same since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Mount Isa splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is almost entirely done by car, with 69.5% of people driving. Only 0.2% use public transport, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 3.1%.
2.3% ▲ +36.4%
Lower than 96% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -70.2%
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
Public transport is virtually non-existent here, with zero routes and stops. This means there are no weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure that is 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 Mount Isa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35300/mount-isa/topic/transport