6.7% —
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rockhampton · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Rockhampton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero public transport stops and routes are recorded across Rockhampton, making it an area where residents rely heavily on private cars. This total absence of transit services is far below the Queensland average, which is reflected in the very low number of people using buses or trains for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own at least one car, with 36.9% having two vehicles. About 6.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is higher than most areas and has barely changed since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Rockhampton splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 69.5% of people commuting as a driver. Only 4.7% of residents work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
4.7% —
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% —
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 virtually non-existent here, with zero stops and routes recorded. This means there are no weekly departures per 1,000 people, a result far below the Queensland average 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 Rockhampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36370/rockhampton/topic/transport