3.9% —
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sunshine Coast · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Sunshine Coast
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has grown by 7.4 percentage points since 2016 in the Sunshine Coast. This shift highlights a region where car travel remains the primary way to get around, with very few households lacking a motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Australian figure of 7.4%. Most households have one or two cars, with nearly 40% owning two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Sunshine Coast splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant choice for workers, as only 0.9% of people use public transport to commute. While 14.6% now work from home, this is well below the 21% national figure.
14.6% —
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% —
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
The region has 791 public transport stops, making it one of the largest areas for stop counts. However, the 2.31 stops per 1,000 people is well below the Queensland figure of 2.99, and buses make up almost all services.
791
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.31
Lower than 60% 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).
514.7
Higher than 72% 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).
51
Higher than 86% 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 drive time to the city is 78 minutes, which is higher than in most similar areas.
78
Higher than 60% 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 Sunshine Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36720/sunshine-coast/topic/transport