Cambooya · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Cambooya

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

Almost 74% of people in Cambooya drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. This is a place where private vehicles are essential, with very few households without a car compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Cambooya, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are common here, with 43.5% of homes owning two vehicles and only 0.9% having none. This lack of carless homes is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8% and the national figure of 7.4%.

0.9% ▲ +28.4%

Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.7%
  • 2016: 1.2%
  • 2021: 0.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Cambooya, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive, while only 7.3% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.6%.

7.3% ▲ +14.1%

Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.4%
  • 2016: 5.4%
  • 2021: 7.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.6% ▼ -50.5%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.1%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.6%

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 Cambooya, Car (driver) is the majority at 84%; Worked at home is next at 8%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This puts the local access far below the Queensland average of 2.99 stops per 1,000 people.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city is a long trip, with a typical drive time of 106 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.

106

Higher than 73% 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 Cambooya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30496/cambooya/topic/transport