90.0% ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 81.6%
- 2016: 91.8%
- 2021: 90.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Boigu Island · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Boigu Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Walking is the primary way to get around Boigu Island, where 90% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is far above the national figure, making it one of the most car-free areas in the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
A huge 90% of households here do not own a car, which is far above the 7.4% typical for Australia. Only 7.5% of homes have a single vehicle, and no homes have two or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Boigu Island, No vehicle is the majority at 92%; 1 vehicle is next at 8%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people walk to work, accounting for 58.9% of commuters. No one works from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes on the island. This means weekly departures are far below the Queensland figure.
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 Boigu Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30301/boigu-island/topic/transport