5.4% ▼ -17.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Barcaldine · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Barcaldine
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one uses public transport in Barcaldine, which is a common pattern for similar areas. While most homes have at least one car, about 5.4% of households have no motor vehicle at all. This means the community relies almost entirely on private cars and walking to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 40% of homes in Barcaldine have one vehicle, while 31% have two. The 5.4% of households without a car is a little below the national figure of 7.4% and about the same as the Queensland average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Barcaldine, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Not a single person uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Most people drive, and 10.3% walk, while 12.3% work from home, a rate well below the 21% seen across Australia.
12.3% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
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: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
There are zero public transport stops or routes in Barcaldine. This leaves the area with no weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Queensland figure of 721.
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 Barcaldine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30153/barcaldine/topic/transport