4.1% ▼ -45.2%
Higher than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
4873, QLD · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 4873, QLD
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 61% of workers in postcode 4873 drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. This area relies heavily on private vehicles, which is reflected in the very low use of public transport and a lack of transit infrastructure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, and 39.3% have two. Only 4.1% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and is well below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →4873, QLD splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is less common here than in most areas, at 10.8%, which is far below the Australian figure. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with just 0.6% doing so.
10.8% ▲ +45.1%
Lower than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 in the area, with zero stops and routes. This means there are no weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the Queensland average.
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 4873, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4873/4873-qld/topic/transport