5.0% ▼ -45.5%
Lower than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Douglas - Daintree · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Port Douglas - Daintree
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero public transport stops and routes set Port Douglas - Daintree apart from almost every other area in the state. This makes the region almost entirely dependent on private cars to get around. Only 1.0% of workers use public transport to commute, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 5.0% of homes having no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure. This is a drop from 2011 when 9.2% of households were without a car. Most homes now own one or two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Port Douglas - Daintree splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 56.1% of people commuting as a driver. Those working from home make up 11.2% of the workforce, which is well below the Australian figure and lower than most other areas.
11.2% ▲ +56.9%
Lower than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -17.1%
Lower than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 virtually non-existent in the region. There are no recorded stops or routes, and weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.
0
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) 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 sub-region (sa3) 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 sub-region (sa3) 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 sub-region (sa3) 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Port Douglas - Daintree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30604/port-douglas-daintree/topic/transport