0.9% ▼ -21.9%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Townsville - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Townsville - South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 70% of workers in Townsville - South drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. This is a place where almost every home owns a motor vehicle, and public transport is virtually non-existent. While more people have started working from home since 2011, car travel remains the dominant way to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 0.9% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 47.5% owning two vehicles and another 13.5% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Townsville - South, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (20%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, with just 0.8% doing so. Working from home has risen to 9.1% since 2011, though this remains far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
9.1% ▲ +49.7%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▲ +25.4%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 is almost entirely absent in Townsville - South, with zero recorded routes or stops. This results in zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the Queensland average.
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 Townsville - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/318021489/townsville-south/topic/transport