Napranum · Council (LGA)

Transport & Vehicles in Napranum

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

Nearly half of all homes in Napranum have no motor vehicle, which is far more than the 7.4% national figure. This lack of private transport is a defining feature of the area, where walking and car-pooling are common ways to get around.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Forty-five percent of households do not own a car, a rate far above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. While this is among the highest rates for any similar area, the proportion of carless homes fell slightly since 2011.

45.1% ▼ -5.7%

Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 47.8%
  • 2016: 47.9%
  • 2021: 45.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Napranum, the largest group is No vehicle at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 2 vehicles (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very uncommon here, with only 2.9% of people doing so, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. Instead, nearly half of workers drive themselves, and 14.6% walk to their jobs.

2.9% ▲ +75.2%

Lower than 94% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 1.7%
  • 2016: 3.3%
  • 2021: 2.9%

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

2.2% ▼ -21.2%

Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 2.8%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 2.2%

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.

How people get to work

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In Napranum, Car (driver) is the majority at 61%; Walked is next at 18%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is nonexistent in Napranum, with no routes or stops serving the area. This puts the community far below the Queensland average for transport access.

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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).

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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 Napranum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35670/napranum/topic/transport