3.2% ▼ -31.8%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Roma Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Roma Surrounds
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Roma Surrounds, where almost no one uses public transport. A striking 23.3% of the workforce operates from home, which is well above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. This reliance on personal vehicles and remote work defines how people move and work in the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a car, with only 3.2% having none, a figure well below the Australian average of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 37.4% owning two vehicles and 15% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Roma Surrounds, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 23.3% of people doing so, while only 0.5% commute by public transport. This tiny percentage using transit is a little below both the state and national figures.
23.3% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 non-existent in Roma Surrounds, with zero routes and stops. This means the area has no weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the Queensland average of 720.7.
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 Roma Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/307011177/roma-surrounds/topic/transport