7.2% ▼ -25.9%
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Charters Towers · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Charters Towers
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes without cars is the main change for Charters Towers since 2011. While most households now own at least one vehicle, very few residents work from home compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Queensland figure. This is a drop from 9.7% in 2011, and the most common setup is one vehicle per home at 40.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Charters Towers splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 4.3% of people work from home, which is among the lowest for this type of area and far below the national figure of 21%. Most people drive to work, with 64.2% as the driver, while 3% use public transport.
4.3% ▲ +66.4%
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 almost non-existent in Charters Towers, with no recorded routes or stops. This puts the area far below the Queensland average for transport access.
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 Charters Towers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/318011462/charters-towers/topic/transport