0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Athol · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Athol
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero percent of homes in Athol lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This reliance on private cars is clear across the area, as almost every household owns at least one vehicle. It is a place where driving is the primary way to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 41.1% owning two and 19.6% owning four or more. Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is much lower than the 7.4% of Australian homes that have none.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Athol, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 4 or more (20%) and 1 vehicle (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 72.2% of residents. Those who don't commute do so primarily by working from home, though the 11.1% rate is well below the national figure of 21%.
11.1% ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 entirely absent in Athol, with no routes or stops serving the area. This means there are far fewer departures and stops per person than the Queensland average.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is a long trip for those living here, with a typical drive time of 99 minutes. This is higher than most other similar areas.
99
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Athol [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30097/athol/topic/transport