2.5% ▼ -35.2%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Somerset · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Somerset
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes without cars have been seen in Somerset since 2011, with only 2.5% now lacking a vehicle. This is a place where driving is essential, as the typical commute to the city takes 100 minutes. Most households rely heavily on cars, and very few people use public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 68.4% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Only 2.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Somerset, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.6% of workers use public transport, which is a little below the national figure. Working from home rose to 12.5% since 2011, though this remains well below the Australian average of 21.0%.
12.5% ▲ +50.9%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 very limited, with only one route and 18 stops serving the area. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 8.2, which is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.
18
Lower than 56% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.72
Lower than 75% 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).
8.2
Lower than 71% 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.
Getting around requires a car, especially since the drive time to the city is 100 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
100
Higher than 72% 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).
More for Somerset
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Somerset [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36580/somerset/topic/transport