3.6% —
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Noosa · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Noosa
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A tiny 0.8% of workers use public transport in Noosa, which is a little below the national figure. While most people here rely on cars, nearly one in five people work from home. This trend has grown quickly, with the number of home workers rising 8.7 percentage points since 2016.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes in Noosa go without a car, with only 3.6% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the Australian figure of 7.4%, and about 40% of households keep two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Noosa splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 57.1% of residents. Working from home is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 19.1% of the workforce doing so.
19.1% —
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% —
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
The area has 205 public transport stops, most of which are buses. This provides 847.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is a little above the Queensland figure.
205
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.64
Higher than 54% 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).
847.9
Higher than 77% 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).
19
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is a long trip from Noosa, with a typical drive time of 95 minutes. This is higher than most areas.
95
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Noosa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35740/noosa/topic/transport