Booral - River Heads · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Booral - River Heads

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

Nearly 68% of workers in Booral - River Heads drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. This is a highly vehicle-dependent area where almost every home owns at least one car, and public transport options are virtually non-existent.

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📍 Booral - River Heads, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few homes lack a car, with only 1.1% having none, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households are well-equipped, as 43.3% have two vehicles and 13.5% own four or more.

1.1% ▼ -41.6%

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

  • 2011: 1.9%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 1.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Booral - River Heads, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Only 0.3% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure that is a little below the national average. While working from home rose to 9.8% since 2011, this remains far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.

9.8% ▲ +66.9%

Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 5.9%
  • 2016: 5.8%
  • 2021: 9.8%

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

0.3% ▼ -72.6%

Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 1.1%
  • 2016: 0.9%
  • 2021: 0.3%

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 Booral - River Heads, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Worked at home is next at 12%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is almost entirely absent here, with zero routes and stops. This puts the area far below the Queensland average of 2.99 stops per 1,000 people.

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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).

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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Booral - River Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/319041516/booral-river-heads/topic/transport