1.3% ▼ -42.9%
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gympie Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Gympie Surrounds
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.3% of homes in Gympie Surrounds have no motor vehicle, making it one of the areas with the highest car ownership rates. Most households rely heavily on their own cars to get around, as public transport use and access are both very low.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 79.9% of homes owning two or more vehicles. The proportion of homes without a car is well below the national figure of 7.4% and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gympie Surrounds, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, and only 0.4% use public transport, which is a little below the national figure. Working from home has risen to 13.6%, though this is still well below the Australian average of 21%.
13.6% ▲ +25.2%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -47.5%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 very limited, with only 4 stops and 2.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Queensland figure. Of the few services available, trains make up 56.5% of the routes.
4
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.20
Lower than 98% 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).
2.3
Lower than 98% 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).
11
Higher than 67% 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.
The area is quite remote, with a typical drive time to the city of 117 minutes, which is among the highest for similar areas.
117
Higher than 92% 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 Gympie Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/319031514/gympie-surrounds/topic/transport