4.1% ▼ -46.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Blackbutt · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Blackbutt
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 60% of workers in Blackbutt drive themselves to work, making private cars the primary way people get around. The area has no public transport options and is a long drive from the city, which means most households rely heavily on their own vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 4.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households have one or two cars, while 12.3% of homes keep three vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Blackbutt, 1 vehicle is the majority at 51%; 2 vehicles is next at 28%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nobody in Blackbutt uses public transport to get to work. This is well below the national figure of 3.1%, and the 7.7% who work from home is far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
7.7% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 7.7%
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: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 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 no public transport routes, stops, or departures in the area. This lack of access is far below the Queensland figure for stops and departures 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is a significant trip, with a typical drive time of 107 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.
107
Higher than 73% 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 Blackbutt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30272/blackbutt/topic/transport