3.6% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
4872, QLD · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 4872, QLD
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people live without a car in postcode 4872 than in the rest of the country. Only 3.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the Australian average of 7.4%. This high reliance on private cars is a key feature of the area's transport landscape.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 37.3% owning two and 12.3% having four or more. The proportion of households without a vehicle has fallen from 5.0% in 2011 to 3.6% in 2021.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 4872, QLD, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, and 17.9% work from home, which is well above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 1.5%.
17.9% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▲ +125.9%
Higher than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 here, with no routes or stops serving the area. This results in zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.
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).
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 4872, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4872/4872-qld/topic/transport