Bald Knob · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Bald Knob

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

Over half of all homes in Bald Knob have two motor vehicles, making cars essential for this rural area. With no public transport available, residents rely heavily on their own vehicles or the flexibility of working from home.

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📍 Bald Knob, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Bald Knob has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4% of homes with no car. Most households own two vehicles, while about 15% have three or more.

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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.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Bald Knob, 2 vehicles is the majority at 50%; 1 vehicle is next at 21%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common here, with 29.5% of residents doing so, which is far above the Queensland figure. No one uses public transport to get to work; instead, most people drive themselves.

29.5% ▲ +66.9%

Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 17.6%
  • 2016: 17.9%
  • 2021: 29.5%

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: 2.2%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Bald Knob, Car (driver) is the majority at 59%; Worked at home is next at 34%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport routes or stops in the area. This means Bald Knob has far fewer services than the state average.

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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).

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting into the city takes about 64 minutes by car, a drive time that is around the middle for similar areas.

64

Lower than 53% 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 Bald Knob [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30124/bald-knob/topic/transport