7.5% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ayr · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ayr
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Ayr than in the rest of the country, with only 4.1% doing so. Most residents rely on cars to get around, though a small number of households have no motor vehicle at all.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.5% of homes in Ayr have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households have either one or two vehicles, with 38.2% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Ayr splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 68.7% of people as the driver. Only 2.8% use public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
4.1% ▲ +38.9%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.8% ▲ +57.6%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 here, as there are zero stops and routes in the area. This is far below the Queensland figure 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Ayr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30110/ayr/topic/transport