Armstrong Beach · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Armstrong Beach

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost no one in Armstrong Beach is without a car, with only 1.6% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below both the state and national figures, making private transport essential for residents. The area relies heavily on cars for daily travel and work.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are common here, with 45.3% of homes owning two vehicles and 19% owning three. This high rate of ownership is reflected in the same 1.6% of homes that have no motor vehicle.

1.6% ▲ —

Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.4%
  • 2021: 1.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Armstrong Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 71.5% of residents. Very few people work from home at 5.3%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.

5.3% ▲ +78.5%

Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 2021: 5.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

2.0% ▲ +58.7%

Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.3%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 2.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Armstrong Beach, Car (driver) is the majority at 85%; Worked at home is next at 6%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is virtually non-existent in Armstrong Beach, with zero stops and routes. This is far below the Queensland average for transport access.

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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Armstrong Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30084/armstrong-beach/topic/transport