4.2% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mackay · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Mackay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people rely on public transport in Mackay than in most similar areas, making it a place where private cars are essential. Only 1.4% of workers use public transport to get to their jobs. This reliance on cars is reflected in the fact that almost 40% of homes have at least two vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high in Mackay, with only 4.2% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4% and has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mackay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 71.1% of people as the driver. Very few people work from home at 5.2%, which is far below the 21% seen across Australia.
5.2% ▲ +31.5%
Lower than 93% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -45.2%
Lower than 59% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 options are limited, with only 11 routes serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure, and all available services are buses.
277
Higher than 50% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.28
Lower than 83% 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).
151.3
Lower than 76% 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).
11
Lower than 78% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31202/mackay/topic/transport