6.3% ▼ -28.5%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Longreach · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Longreach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes in Longreach are without a car than in 2011, reflecting a continued reliance on private travel. With no public transport routes or stops available, almost every resident depends on their own vehicle to get around this vast area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 33.4% owning two and 13% owning three. The share of households with no motor vehicle fell to 6.3% since 2011, a figure that is now about the same as the Queensland average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Longreach splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 60.7% of residents, while 11.8% work from home. This is well below the national figure for working from home, and no one here uses public transport to commute.
11.8% ▲ +16.4%
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 zero routes, stops, or departures. This is far below the Queensland average and is lower than about 90% of 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 Longreach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/315031412/longreach/topic/transport