7.0% ▼ -33.4%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Airlie - Whitsundays · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Airlie - Whitsundays
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A lack of public transport infrastructure means most people in Airlie - Whitsundays rely on their own cars to get around. While 4% of workers use public transit, there are no formal public transport stops or routes recorded in the area. This makes private vehicles essential for daily life in the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 7% of households have no motor vehicle. This is a little above the Queensland figure, but the proportion of car-less homes has fallen by 3.5 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Airlie - Whitsundays splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly half of workers drive themselves to work, and 12.8% walk. Very few people work from home at 7.2%, which is far below the national figure and well below the state average.
7.2% ▲ +51.4%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.0% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.0%
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.
Access to public transport is much lower than most areas. There are no public transport stops or routes in the region, leaving it far below the Queensland average for service frequency.
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).
0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Airlie - Whitsundays [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312031359/airlie-whitsundays/topic/transport