4.3% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Blackbutt South · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Blackbutt South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge 111-minute drive to the city defines the remote nature of Blackbutt South, where cars are essential. Most homes own multiple vehicles and there is no public transport available, though 22% of workers now operate from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 60% of homes owning two or three vehicles. Only 4.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Blackbutt South, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 34%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is much more common here than in the rest of Queensland, with 22% of people doing so. Because there is no public transport, 65.9% of workers rely on a car to get to their jobs.
22.0% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport is completely absent in Blackbutt South. There are no stops or routes, leaving the area far below the Queensland average for transit access.
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 around is dominated by private travel, as the drive time to the city is 111 minutes, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
111
Higher than 75% 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30274/blackbutt-south/topic/transport