2.6% —
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Boyne Island - Tannum Sands · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Boyne Island - Tannum Sands
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people here go without a car, making Boyne Island - Tannum Sands much more car-dependent than most similar areas. Only 2.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, and the vast majority of residents rely on private cars to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 42.9% of homes owning two vehicles and 7.3% owning four or more. This means far fewer homes are without a vehicle compared to the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Boyne Island - Tannum Sands, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, while only 0.6% use public transport, which is much lower than most areas. Working from home is also uncommon at 5.3%, a figure far below the Australian average of 21%.
5.3% —
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% —
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 limited to a single bus route with 27 stops. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 101.4, which is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.
27
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.68
Lower than 73% 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).
101.4
Lower than 81% 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).
1
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a stop is difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest one takes 59 minutes. This is among the highest times recorded for areas of this type.
59
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Boyne Island - Tannum Sands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308051531/boyne-island-tannum-sands/topic/transport