Roma · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Roma

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

Over 71% of workers in Roma drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. This reliance on private vehicles is high, while public transport and working from home are very uncommon here.

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📍 Roma, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least one car, with 37.8% having one and 36% having two. Only 6.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is slightly lower than the national figure.

6.2% ▼ -15.4%

Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 7.4%
  • 2016: 5.7%
  • 2021: 6.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Roma splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.3%, and only 4.2% work from home. This is far below the national figure of 21% for home-based work.

4.2% ▲ +25.5%

Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 3.4%
  • 2016: 3.3%
  • 2021: 4.2%

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

0.3% ▼ -35.8%

Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 0.4%
  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 2021: 0.3%

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.

How people get to work

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In Roma, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Walked is next at 7%.

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, leaving it with far fewer services than the Queensland average.

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.

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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).

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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Roma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/307011176/roma/topic/transport