5.0% ▼ -30.0%
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Southern Downs · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Southern Downs
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive 125-minute drive to the city makes car travel essential for daily life in Southern Downs. Almost every home owns a vehicle, and very few people rely on public transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own at least two vehicles, with 36.5% having exactly two. Only 5.0% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and is slightly lower than the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Southern Downs splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 64.9% of people being the driver. Only 10.1% of the workforce works from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
10.1% ▲ +13.3%
Lower than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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 is almost non-existent in the area, with zero recorded routes or stops. This puts the region far below the Queensland average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is dominated by the car, which is reflected in the very long drive time of 125 minutes to the city—much higher than most similar areas.
125
Higher than 86% 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 Southern Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36660/southern-downs/topic/transport