Breakaway · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Breakaway

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A far greater proportion of homes in Breakaway own cars than in the rest of the country, with no households lacking a vehicle. This heavy reliance on private transport defines the area, as there are no public transport options available for residents.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Breakaway has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are heavily equipped, with 32.7% owning four or more vehicles and 34.6% owning two.

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.

Motor vehicles per home

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Breakaway splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 4 or more (33%), with 3 vehicles at 25%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Almost all residents rely on cars to get to work, as 67.9% drive and 8% travel as passengers. Very few people work from home at 5.4%, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 21%.

5.4% —

Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 5.4%

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.

How people get to work

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In Breakaway, Car (driver) is the majority at 84%; Car (passenger) is next at 10%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in Breakaway. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.

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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).

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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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Breakaway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30365/breakaway/topic/transport