8.2% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Mackay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in South Mackay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far lower proportion of people work from home in South Mackay compared to the rest of the country. Only 3.4% of the workforce does so, which is far below the national figure of 21%. This makes it one of the areas with the lowest rates of home-working in the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.2% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. This is a little above the Queensland figure of 5.8%, though the number has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →South Mackay splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 71.6% as the driver. Very few use public transport (1.2%), which is a little below the national figure of 3.1% and has barely changed over the last decade.
3.4% ▲ +39.1%
Lower than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -31.0%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport relies entirely on buses, with only 4 routes serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure, sitting at 207.9 compared to 720.7.
25
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.61
Lower than 61% 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).
207.9
Lower than 74% 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).
4
Lower than 71% 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 transit stop takes longer here than in most areas, with a typical walk of 12 minutes to the nearest one.
12
Higher than 73% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in South Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312021356/south-mackay/topic/transport