18.9% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Airlie Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Airlie Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly one in five homes in Airlie Beach have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the national average. This high rate of car-free living is unusual for the region, though most residents still rely on cars to get around. It is a place where a significant number of people walk to work, but public transport options are very limited.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 18.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the 7.4% typical for Australia. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is a single vehicle, found in 49.1% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Airlie Beach, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and No vehicle (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking to work is common here, with 19.2% of workers doing so. While 4% of people use public transport—a little above the Queensland figure—only 11.3% work from home, which is well below the national average of 21%.
11.3% ▲ +43.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.0% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 almost non-existent in Airlie Beach, with zero stops and routes recorded. This means the area is far below the Queensland average for both stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 suburb / locality 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 suburb / locality 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 suburb / locality 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 Airlie Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30016/airlie-beach/topic/transport