5.1% ▼ -35.2%
Lower than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Maroochy · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Maroochy
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A significant gap exists between Maroochy and the rest of the country, where only 1.2% of workers use public transport to get to their jobs. Most people here rely on private cars, and the area has seen a sharp rise in the number of people working from home since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are common, with 79.1% of homes owning one or two vehicles. Only 5.1% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen by 2.8 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Maroochy splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (42%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has jumped to 15.2% since 2011, which is a little above the Queensland figure. Meanwhile, those who commute by public transport are few at 1.2%, which is lower than most areas.
15.2% ▲ +162.5%
Higher than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -23.4%
Lower than 62% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
Buses are the only form of public transport here. While the number of routes and stops is smaller than most similar areas, there are 859 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is a little above the Queensland figure.
193
Lower than 64% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.03
Lower than 74% 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).
859.0
Higher than 53% 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).
14
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to the nearest transport stop is very quick, typically taking only 2 minutes. However, it is a long trip to the city, with a typical drive time of 75 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
75
Higher than 77% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Maroochy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31603/maroochy/topic/transport