4.2% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kuranda · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Kuranda
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Work-from-home habits have shifted dramatically in Kuranda, with the number of people working from home rising nearly 10 percentage points since 2011. This shift occurs in an area where most homes own multiple cars and public transport is almost non-existent. The typical resident now relies heavily on their own vehicle or a home office to get through the working day.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 39.8% of homes owning two vehicles and 15.6% having three. Only 4.2% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has barely changed since 2011 and is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kuranda, 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, used by 53.8% of people. This is mirrored by a rise in remote work, as 17.7% now work from home, which is well above the Queensland figure of 14.1%.
17.7% ▲ +124.1%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -54.2%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 absent in Kuranda, with no stops or routes recorded. This lack of access is far below the Queensland average and explains why only 0.7% of people use public transport to get to work.
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 Kuranda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/306051168/kuranda/topic/transport