23.6% ▼ -37.0%
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Northern Peninsula · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Northern Peninsula
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost half of all workers in Northern Peninsula drive themselves to work, which is the most common way to get around. While car ownership is rising, about 24% of homes still have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the national average. The area lacks formal public transport, making personal vehicles or walking the primary ways people move.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly one in four homes here have no motor vehicle, which is far above the Queensland and national figures. However, this is a big drop from 2011, when 37.5% of households lacked a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Northern Peninsula, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (24%) and No vehicle (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a major way to get to work for 18% of people, while only 1.9% work from home, which is far below the national figure. Public transport use is also low at 1.9% and has fallen since 2011.
1.9% ▲ +45.9%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▼ -59.5%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 1.9%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the Queensland average.
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 Northern Peninsula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/315011399/northern-peninsula/topic/transport