5.6% ▼ -26.7%
Higher than 54% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Toowoomba · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Toowoomba
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Toowoomba, where nearly 70% of workers drive themselves to work. Very few people use public transport for their commute, and the area has far fewer weekly departures than the Queensland average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own at least one car, with 37.8% having two vehicles. Only 5.6% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and is slightly lower than the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Toowoomba splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 7.3%. This is consistent with the fact that only 0.4% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade.
7.3% ▲ +95.6%
Lower than 82% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -28.3%
Lower than 89% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 in Toowoomba relies entirely on buses. While there are 3.78 stops per 1,000 people—which is well above the Queensland average—the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
612
Lower than 76% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.78
Lower than 74% 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).
346.2
Lower than 69% 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).
9
Lower than 94% 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 Toowoomba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/317/toowoomba/topic/transport