9.8% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 85% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Outback - North · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Outback - North
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A total lack of public transport means almost everyone in Outback - North relies on private cars to get around. While most homes have one or two vehicles, nearly 10% of households have no motor vehicle at all, which is well above the Queensland figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 35.5% of homes have two vehicles, though 9.8% of households have none. This lack of vehicle access is much higher than in most other areas, despite the figure falling slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Outback - North splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 1.1% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure that has fallen since 2011. Working from home is also far less common here than across Australia, with only 6.1% of the workforce doing so.
6.1% ▲ +20.2%
Lower than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -44.0%
Lower than 63% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means the number of weekly departures is zero, which is far below the Queensland average.
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 Outback - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31502/outback-north/topic/transport