2.8% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Johnstone · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Johnstone
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership and commuting habits in Johnstone have stayed almost exactly the same since 2011. The area is heavily reliant on private vehicles, with only 2.8% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 40.2% having two vehicles and 16.4% having three. Very few homes have no car, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Johnstone, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 65.1% of people as the driver. Far fewer people work from home here (9.2%) than the national figure of 21%, and only 1% use public transport.
9.2% ▲ +9.2%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▲ +5.1%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This lack of access is far below the Queensland average and means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Johnstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/306031160/johnstone/topic/transport