2.9% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
4552, QLD · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 4552, QLD
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of all workers in postcode 4552 drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars in this area. The region has almost no public transport and is quite remote, with an 81-minute drive to the city. This makes private vehicles essential for most residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are common here, with 38.4% of homes owning two vehicles and only 2.9% having none. This lack of carless homes is well below the national figure of 7.4% and has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →4552, QLD splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is popular, with 23.2% of people doing so—well above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. Very few people use public transport to commute, at just 0.5%, a figure that has fallen since 2011.
23.2% ▲ +58.1%
Higher than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -63.1%
Lower than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 virtually non-existent in the area, with zero stops and zero routes. This is far below the state average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of postcode 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 postcode 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 postcode 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 postcode 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, as the drive time to the city is 81 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
81
Higher than 73% of postcode 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 4552, QLD
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 4552, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4552/4552-qld/topic/transport