6.8% ▼ -45.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Babinda · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Babinda
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people in Babinda live without a car than in most similar areas, with 6.8% of homes having no motor vehicle. While many residents rely on cars, a small number use public transport or walk to work. The area has very limited transit options compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.8% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas and slightly above the Queensland figure. Most households own one or two vehicles, with 38.7% owning one and 37.1% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Babinda splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 7.5% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure and much lower than most other areas. The majority of workers drive themselves to work, while 6.4% walk and 1.9% use public transport.
7.5% ▲ +108.7%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.9%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure.
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 Babinda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30111/babinda/topic/transport