0.8% ▼ -31.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Alice River · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Alice River
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has remained dominant in Alice River, where nearly every household relies on their own vehicle. With almost no public transport available, the area is heavily dependent on private driving for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are essential here, as only 0.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 84% owning two or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Alice River, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 4 or more (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 72.7% of residents. Very few people work from home at 6.0%, a figure far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
6.0% ▲ +26.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -36.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 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 virtually non-existent in Alice River, with zero routes and zero stops. This is far below the Queensland average of 2.99 stops 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 Alice River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30034/alice-river/topic/transport