54.1% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 54.9%
- 2016: 43.9%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pormpuraaw · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Pormpuraaw
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more homes lack a motor vehicle in Pormpuraaw than in most similar areas. Over half of all households have no car, which stands in stark contrast to the national figure of 7.4%. This lack of vehicles is mirrored by a complete absence of public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
More than half of all homes (54.1%) do not have a motor vehicle, a figure far above the 5.8% seen in Queensland. While this has fallen slightly since 2011, it remains one of the highest rates of vehicle-less homes in the region.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pormpuraaw, No vehicle is the majority at 54%; 1 vehicle is next at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is the primary way to get to work for 60.4% of people. No one in Pormpuraaw uses public transport or works from home, with the latter being far below the national figure of 21%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 puts Pormpuraaw far below the Queensland average for transport access and makes it smaller than about 79% of similar areas.
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 Pormpuraaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36070/pormpuraaw/topic/transport