Sarina · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Sarina

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

Far fewer people rely on public transport in Sarina than in the rest of the state. Only 2.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%. This heavy reliance on cars defines how people move around the area.

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📍 Sarina, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own multiple cars, with 40% having two and 18.5% having three. The proportion of homes without a vehicle is much lower than in most areas and has fallen since 2011.

2.6% ▼ -28.4%

Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 3.6%
  • 2016: 3.5%
  • 2021: 2.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Sarina, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Cars are the primary way to get to work, with 68.4% of people driving. Very few people work from home at 6.8%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.

6.8% ▲ +43.7%

Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 4.8%
  • 2016: 5.3%
  • 2021: 6.8%

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

1.2% ▼ -47.6%

Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 2.2%
  • 2016: 1.5%
  • 2021: 1.2%

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.

How people get to work

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In Sarina, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Worked at home is next at 8%.

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 12 stops. This results in only 27.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.

12

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

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

1.02

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).

27.5

Lower than 85% 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Sarina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312021352/sarina/topic/transport