10.5% ▼ -23.0%
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Magnetic Island · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Magnetic Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people on Magnetic Island are working from home than in 2011, while far fewer households are without a car. This shift comes as the area remains largely disconnected from the mainland's public transport networks. Roughly 10.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is much higher than most areas, although it has fallen since 2011. Half of all households own just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Magnetic Island, 1 vehicle is the majority at 50%; 2 vehicles is next at 29%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the most common way to get to work for 34.0% of people. While 14.4% work from home—a rise of 7.8 percentage points since 2011—this is well below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
14.4% ▲ +117.9%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.8% ▼ -41.7%
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 access is far below the Queensland average, with no recorded transport routes or stops. This means there are zero 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Magnetic Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/318021483/magnetic-island/topic/transport