Kingaroy · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Kingaroy

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Nearly 70% of workers in Kingaroy drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. This is a place where most households own at least one vehicle and very few people have access to public transport. The lack of transit options makes private vehicles essential for getting around.

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📍 Kingaroy, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have one or two cars, though 7.1% of households in Kingaroy have no motor vehicle. This is a little above the Queensland figure of 5.8%, though it has fallen slightly since 2011.

7.1% ▼ -10.2%

Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 7.9%
  • 2016: 7.3%
  • 2021: 7.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Kingaroy splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Very few people here work from home, at just 3.9%, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Similarly, only 1.3% of workers use public transport, a rate that has barely changed since 2011.

3.9% ▲ +38.3%

Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 2.8%
  • 2016: 3.2%
  • 2021: 3.9%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.3% ▼ -34.7%

Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 1.3%
  • 2021: 1.3%

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.

How people get to work

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In Kingaroy, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; Car (passenger) is next at 8%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is almost non-existent in Kingaroy, with no routes or stops listed. This leaves the area with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Queensland average.

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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.

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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).

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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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kingaroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/319021505/kingaroy/topic/transport