1.7% ▼ -41.6%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Stanthorpe Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Stanthorpe Surrounds
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Stanthorpe Surrounds, where only 1.7% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, reflecting an area where almost every household relies on their own transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 40.3% owning two and 12.2% having four or more. This high level of ownership is reflected in the fact that the proportion of homes without a vehicle has fallen to 1.7% since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Stanthorpe Surrounds, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 59.9% of residents, while 15.5% work from home. Very few people use public transport to commute (0.7%), which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%.
15.5% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▲ +47.8%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.1%
- 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.
There are no public transport routes or stops in the area. This lack of infrastructure is far below the Queensland average and explains why almost no one uses transit for their daily commute.
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 Stanthorpe Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/307031188/stanthorpe-surrounds/topic/transport