3.8% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Chinchilla · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Chinchilla
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 61% of workers in Chinchilla drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on private cars. This is a place where almost every home owns a vehicle and public transport is virtually non-existent.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 37.9% of homes owning two vehicles and 16.2% owning three. Only 3.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Chinchilla, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive, while 11.2% work from home, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 21.0%. About 2.3% of workers use public transport, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
11.2% ▲ +19.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 completely unavailable in Chinchilla, with zero routes and stops. This means there are no weekly departures per 1,000 people, a result far below the Queensland figure.
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 Chinchilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/307011172/chinchilla/topic/transport