4.2% —
Lower than 70% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gladstone · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Gladstone
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 69% of workers in Gladstone drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on private cars for daily travel. Very few people use public transport or work from home compared to the rest of the country. This makes the area highly dependent on personal vehicles for getting around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 39.9% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 4.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Australian figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gladstone, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.7% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure that has fallen since 2016. Working from home is also rare; at 5.5%, it is far below the national figure of 21%.
5.5% —
Lower than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% —
Lower than 73% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 options are limited, with only 8 routes and 182 stops. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 143.4, which is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.
182
Lower than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.87
Lower than 76% 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).
143.4
Lower than 77% 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).
8
Lower than 84% 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 Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30805/gladstone/topic/transport