3.8% ▼ -38.2%
Lower than 77% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Noosa · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Noosa
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge 20.4% of people in Noosa now work from home, a figure that has risen 11 points since 2011. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around, while very few use public transport for their daily commute. This reflects a community where private vehicle ownership is high and home-based work is common.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with only 3.8% of homes having no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. The typical home has two vehicles, and over 17% of households own three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Noosa splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.9% of workers use public transport to get to work, which is lower than most areas and slightly below the state and national figures. Instead, most people drive, with 56.2% as the driver and 4% as a passenger.
20.4% ▲ +115.2%
Higher than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -34.8%
Lower than 69% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
Noosa has more public transport stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people than the Queensland average. However, there are only 9 routes in the area, and all services are provided by buses.
200
Lower than 62% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.29
Lower than 53% 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).
1,035.8
Higher than 58% 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).
9
Lower than 82% 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.
Getting to a stop is difficult for many, as the typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes 28 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
28
Higher than 83% 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.
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).
More for Noosa
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Noosa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31605/noosa/topic/transport