2.7% ▼ -45.4%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sunshine Beach · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Sunshine Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few households are without a car in Sunshine Beach, where a typical home has two or more vehicles. This reliance on private transport is matched by a high number of people who work from home, with 23.7% of the workforce avoiding a daily commute entirely.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here owns a car, with only 2.7% of households having no motor vehicle. This figure is well below the Queensland rate of 5.8% and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sunshine Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, at 23.7%, which is well above the state figure of 14.1%. Conversely, only 1.2% of people use public transport to get to work, a rate that is a little below the national average.
23.7% ▲ +141.1%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -33.7%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 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 provided entirely by buses, with 32 stops serving the area. There are 4.67 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Queensland figure of 2.99.
32
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.67
Higher than 56% 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).
975.8
Higher than 57% 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).
4
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Residents can usually reach the nearest stop in just 3 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 91 minutes, much higher than in most other places.
3
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
91
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Sunshine Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/316051437/sunshine-beach/topic/transport