49.5% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 49.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Palm Island · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Palm Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost half of all homes in Palm Island have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the national rate. This makes the area very different from most of Australia, where private car ownership is much more common. While more people have gained cars since 2011, the island remains a place where many residents rely on other ways to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 49.5% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is far above the 7.4% national figure. This is among the highest rates for any similar area, though the proportion has fallen by 10 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Palm Island, the largest group is No vehicle at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a primary way to get to work for 32.7% of residents. Meanwhile, no one works from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%, and 4.7% use public transport—a rate a little above the national average.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.7% ▼ -69.2%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people 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 Palm Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35790/palm-island/topic/transport