3.2% ▼ -35.3%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Esk · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Esk
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people use public transport in Esk, where the vast majority of residents rely on their own cars. Only 3.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This high level of car ownership matches a local transport network that is among the smallest in the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high, with 35.3% of homes owning two vehicles and 16.8% owning three. The proportion of homes without a car is 3.2%, which is lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Esk splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 59.6% of people as the driver. Working from home is used by 14.2% of the workforce—about the same as the Queensland figure—while only 0.4% of residents use public transport to commute.
14.2% ▲ +29.7%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -36.8%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Public transport options are very limited, with only one route and five stops in the area. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure, and the total number of people reachable by transit within 45 minutes is among the smallest for areas of this level.
5
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.99
Lower than 89% 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).
7.1
Lower than 95% 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).
5,052
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
5,052
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Esk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/310021278/esk/topic/transport