Tamborine - Canungra · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Tamborine - Canungra

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every household in Tamborine - Canungra relies on a private car to get around. With no public transport routes serving the area, residents depend heavily on their own vehicles for daily travel and work.

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📍 Tamborine - Canungra, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few homes are without a car, at just 1.4%, which is well below the national figure. Most households own multiple vehicles, with 40.8% having two and 18.4% owning three.

1.4% ▼ -36.8%

Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 2.2%
  • 2016: 1.5%
  • 2021: 1.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Tamborine - Canungra, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common for 18% of residents, a figure that has risen 7.9 points since 2011. Only 0.3% of people use public transport to get to work, which is much lower than most other areas.

18.0% ▲ +77.6%

Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 10.2%
  • 2016: 9.5%
  • 2021: 18.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.3% ▼ -45.1%

Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 0.5%
  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.3%

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.

How people get to work

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In Tamborine - Canungra, Car (driver) is the majority at 70%; Worked at home is next at 22%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is non-existent here, with zero stops and zero routes. This is far below the Queensland average of 2.99 stops per 1,000 people.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The area is quite remote, with a typical drive time of 65 minutes to the city, which is much higher than most other areas.

65

Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.

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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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Tamborine - Canungra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309041242/tamborine-canungra/topic/transport