5.1% ▼ -34.0%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Northern Highlands · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Northern Highlands
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero public transport stops define the landscape of Northern Highlands, making private vehicles essential for getting around. While most homes own at least one car, nearly a quarter of the workforce now works from home, a figure well above the Queensland average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households rely on cars, with 64.7% owning one or two vehicles and 15.8% owning four or more. Only 5.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Australian figure and a drop of 2.6 points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Northern Highlands splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (32%) and 2 vehicles (32%), with 4 or more at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 23.7% of the workforce doing so—well above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. Only 1% of people use public transport to get to work, which is lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011.
23.7% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -70.4%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Public transport is non-existent in the area, with no routes or stops available. This puts the region far below the Queensland average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
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 Northern Highlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/315021407/northern-highlands/topic/transport