0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Blue Mountain · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Blue Mountain
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of the workforce in Blue Mountain drive to work, making cars the primary way to get around. While the area has almost no public transport, a very high number of people work from home. This combination creates a transport landscape where private vehicles are essential for most residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Blue Mountain has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figures. Nearly a quarter of households own four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Blue Mountain splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (35%) and 4 or more (30%), with 2 vehicles at 20%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across the state or nation, with 40.7% of the workforce doing so. No one in the area commutes using public transport.
40.7% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 40.7%
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 virtually non-existent in Blue Mountain, with zero routes and stops. This means there are no weekly departures, a figure that is far below the Queensland average.
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 Blue Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30290/blue-mountain/topic/transport