2.7% ▼ -30.1%
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Scenic Rim · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Scenic Rim
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A tiny 0.3% of workers use public transport in Scenic Rim, which is far below the national figure of 3.1%. This region is heavily reliant on private cars for daily travel. Most homes own multiple vehicles, and the commute to the city is among the longest in the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 38.5% of homes having two vehicles and 12.5% owning four or more. Only 2.7% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the Australian average of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Scenic Rim, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, though 15.6% now work from home, which is an increase of 5.8 points since 2011. Very few people use public transport to get to their jobs, at just 0.3%.
15.6% ▲ +58.6%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -35.1%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 options are very limited, with only one route and nine stops across the region. This means there are only 0.21 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the Queensland figure of 2.99.
9
Lower than 63% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.21
Lower than 83% 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).
23.4
Lower than 59% 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).
1
Lower than 71% 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.
The area is quite remote from the city, with a typical drive time of 151 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for areas at this level.
151
Higher than 91% 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 Scenic Rim [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36510/scenic-rim/topic/transport