9.2% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Central Highlands - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Central Highlands - East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Central Highlands - East than across the country, with only 9.0% doing so. This is a large gap compared to the 21.0% national figure. While most residents rely on cars, there is a small but growing number of people using public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households have either one or two vehicles, though 9.0% of homes own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Central Highlands - East splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (34%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, and only 9.0% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%. Use of public transport for commuting has risen since 2011 to 5.4%, which is a little above the national rate.
9.0% ▲ +47.6%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.4% ▲ +45.4%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 stops or routes in the area, leaving it with zero departures per 1,000 people. This is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7 and is lower than about 90% of similar areas.
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 Central Highlands - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308011190/central-highlands-east/topic/transport