3.8% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Proserpine · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Proserpine
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 65% of workers in Proserpine drive themselves to work, reflecting a town heavily reliant on private cars. Very few people use public transport or work from home compared to the rest of the country. This reliance on vehicles is clear, as only 3.8% of households have no motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 38.5% owning two vehicles and 16.3% owning three. The proportion of households without a car is well below the national figure of 7.4% and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Proserpine, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 8.6% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. Commuting by public transport is also rare at 1.2%, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade.
8.6% ▲ +27.1%
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 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 is almost non-existent here, with zero routes or stops recorded. This means access to transit is far below the Queensland average and much lower than most similar areas.
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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Proserpine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312031361/proserpine/topic/transport