12.6% ▲ +33.3%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Paroo · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Paroo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More homes in Paroo have gone without a motor vehicle since 2011, with 12.6% of households now lacking one. This is well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. It is a place where private cars are the main way to get around, though nearly 18% of workers now do their jobs from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. While 37.9% of households have one car and 29.1% have two, the number of car-less homes rose 3.1 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Paroo, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 38%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and No vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one uses public transport to get to work, which is much lower than most areas. Most people drive themselves (58.3%) or walk (10.5%), while 17.1% work from home, though this is well below the national figure of 21%.
17.1% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 non-existent here, with no routes or stops available. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.
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 Paroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35800/paroo/topic/transport