3.5% ▼ -35.6%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Herberton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Herberton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people rely on public transport in Herberton compared to the rest of the country. Most residents depend on their own cars to get around, with only 3.5% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the Australian figure of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high here, with 37.1% of homes owning two vehicles and 14.4% owning three. The proportion of homes without a car has fallen to 3.5%, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Herberton splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 55.5% of residents. Only 0.4% of the workforce uses public transport, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and is much lower than most areas. Those working from home make up 11.8% of the workforce, which is well below the national figure of 21%.
11.8% ▲ +14.6%
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -79.1%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Herberton, with zero stops and routes available. This puts the area far below the Queensland average of 2.99 stops 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Herberton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/306051167/herberton/topic/transport