5.4% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Townsville · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Townsville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far lower share of people work from home in Townsville than across the country, with only 5.1% doing so. This highlights a workforce that largely relies on physical workplaces, which is reflected in the high number of households owning multiple cars.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 40% of households own two vehicles. Only 5.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure and a slight decrease since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Townsville splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is dominated by cars, as 70.6% of people drive themselves. Only 0.9% of workers use public transport, a figure that is a little below both the state and national levels and has barely changed over the last decade.
5.1% ▲ +101.5%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -37.9%
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 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.
Townsville has 636 public transport stops, which is more than about 89% of similar areas. While the number of stops per person is a little above the Queensland average, the weekly number of departures is a little below that state figure.
636
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.
3.30
Higher than 50% 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).
593.0
Higher than 74% 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).
16
Higher than 65% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Townsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA37010/townsville/topic/transport