4.3% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 85% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Darling Downs - Maranoa · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Darling Downs - Maranoa
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer households without a car have been seen in Darling Downs - Maranoa since 2011, as the area remains heavily dependent on private vehicles. Only 4.3% of homes lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%. This reliance on cars is reflected in a very small number of people using public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 37% owning two and 10.4% owning four or more. Only 4.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than in most other areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Darling Downs - Maranoa splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 63.1% of residents, while 12.2% work from home. Only 0.5% of the workforce uses public transport, a figure that is much lower than most areas and has barely changed since 2011.
12.2% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 52% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 84% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 is very limited, with only 51 stops and one route serving the area. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure, and all available services are buses.
51
Lower than 98% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.40
Lower than 99% of region (sa4) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
10.3
Lower than 99% of region (sa4) 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).
1
Lower than 99% of region (sa4) 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 Darling Downs - Maranoa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/307/darling-downs-maranoa/topic/transport