12.7% ▼ -15.0%
Higher than 89% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Queensland - Outback · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Queensland - Outback
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A total lack of public transport options defines daily life across Queensland - Outback. With no trains or buses available, almost everyone relies on private cars or walking to get around. This is starkly visible in the zero public transport stops across the entire region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. However, the typical home does have a car, with 35.4% owning one and 31.8% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Queensland - Outback splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (35%) and 2 vehicles (32%), with No vehicle at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport for work (1.2%), and only 9% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Most people drive themselves to work, while 12.8% walk.
9.0% ▲ +7.6%
Lower than 72% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 66% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 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.
There are zero public transport stops and routes in the area. This means there are no weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the Queensland average of 720.7.
0
Lower than 99% of region (sa4) 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 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).
0.0
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).
0
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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Queensland - Outback [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/315/queensland-outback/topic/transport