Goondiwindi · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Goondiwindi

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every household in Goondiwindi relies on a car for daily life, as the area lacks public transport and has very few people working from home. Only 4.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This heavy reliance on private cars is the defining feature of how people move around the region.

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📍 Goondiwindi, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes are well-equipped for travel, with 39.2% owning two vehicles and 14.9% owning three. The proportion of households without a car fell to 4.2% in 2021, which is a little below the Queensland average.

4.2% ▼ -33.0%

Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 6.3%
  • 2016: 5.0%
  • 2021: 4.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Goondiwindi, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (15%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

The vast majority of the workforce drives to work, with 73.5% being the driver. Only 0.2% use public transport and 5.6% work from home, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 21.0%.

5.6% ▼ -2.8%

Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 5.8%
  • 2016: 5.3%
  • 2021: 5.6%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.2% ▼ -34.5%

Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 0.4%
  • 2016: 0.1%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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.

How people get to work

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In Goondiwindi, Car (driver) is the majority at 83%; Worked at home is next at 6%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is virtually non-existent here, with zero routes, stops, or departures. This lack of access is far below the Queensland average and much lower than most similar areas.

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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.

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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).

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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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Goondiwindi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/307011173/goondiwindi/topic/transport