5.7% ▼ -23.1%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Whitsunday · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Whitsunday
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero public transport stops serve the people of Whitsunday, making it an area with far lower transit access than most other regions. While very few people rely on buses or trains, the vast majority of the population depends on private cars to get around. This reliance on vehicles is a core part of daily life across the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 38% owning two vehicles. The number of households without a motor vehicle fell to 5.7% in 2021, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Whitsunday splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 57.4% of people, while only 7% work from home. This working-from-home rate is far below the national figure of 21%.
7.0% ▲ +31.0%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 here, with no recorded routes or stops. This puts the area far below the Queensland average for departures and stops per person.
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).
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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Whitsunday [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA37340/whitsunday/topic/transport