6.8% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 68% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham than in the rest of Australia. While most residents rely on cars to get around, about 6.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the Queensland figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 8% of households own four or more vehicles. The proportion of homes without a car fell to 6.8% in 2021, down from 8.1% in 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 64.3% of people. Only 8.1% of the workforce works from home, a figure that is far below the national level and well below the Queensland average.
8.1% ▲ +12.8%
Lower than 82% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 53% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.7%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in this area. This means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.
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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31801/charters-towers-ayr-ingham/topic/transport