8.8% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Torquay - Scarness - Kawungan · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Torquay - Scarness - Kawungan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero public transport stops are found across Torquay - Scarness - Kawungan, making it much lower than most similar areas. Residents here rely heavily on their own cars for getting around, as there are no local transit routes or departures available.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households own one or two cars, though the share of carless homes has fallen by 2.4 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Torquay - Scarness - Kawungan, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.4% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure that is a little below the national average. Very few people work from home at 5.8%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
5.8% ▲ +29.7%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -54.9%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 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 access is much lower than in most areas, with no stops or routes serving the community. This results in zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, far below the Queensland average of 720.7.
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 Torquay - Scarness - Kawungan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/319041520/torquay-scarness-kawungan/topic/transport