4.9% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 58% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tablelands (East) - Kuranda · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Tablelands (East) - Kuranda
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes without cars have been seen in Tablelands (East) - Kuranda since 2011, as the area remains heavily reliant on private vehicles. While a small number of people now work from home, the region lacks almost all public transport infrastructure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own at least one vehicle, with 38% having two and 14.3% having three. The share of households without a car fell to 4.9% in 2021, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Tablelands (East) - Kuranda splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 60.7% of people as the driver. Only 10.7% work from home, a figure that is far below the national average and lower than most other areas.
10.7% ▲ +29.0%
Lower than 69% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▲ +19.4%
Lower than 56% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 almost non-existent here, with zero routes and stops recorded. This means the area has far fewer services than the Queensland average and is smaller than about 91% of similar areas.
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 Tablelands (East) - Kuranda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30605/tablelands-kuranda/topic/transport