2.7% ▲ +27.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Boyne Island · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Boyne Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has remained a necessity in Boyne Island, where almost every home has at least one vehicle. Very few people work from home or use public transport, reflecting a community that relies heavily on driving to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 43.1% owning two and 16.2% owning three. Only 2.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Boyne Island, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 69.7% of people as the main driver. Only 5.1% of residents work from home, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
5.1% ▲ +189.3%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -48.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 provided entirely by buses, and while Boyne Island has more stops per 1,000 people than the Queensland average, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
16
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.31
Higher than 71% 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).
135.5
Higher than 72% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 nearest public transport stop takes a typical 40 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.
40
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
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 Boyne Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30346/boyne-island/topic/transport