3.5% ▲ +16.3%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Emerald · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Emerald
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero public transport stops serve the people of Emerald, making the area much more car-reliant than most. While very few people work from home, almost every household owns a motor vehicle to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.5% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households have at least two vehicles, with 40.5% owning exactly two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Emerald, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, with only 3.9% doing so—a figure far below the Australian average of 21.0%. Most people drive to work, though 4.2% use public transport, which is a little above the state and national figures.
3.9% ▲ +28.0%
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.2% ▼ -21.1%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.2%
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.
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 means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Queensland figure.
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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Emerald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308011192/emerald/topic/transport