Canungra · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Canungra

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

Not a single home in Canungra is without a motor vehicle, making it a place where cars are essential. This total reliance on private transport is highlighted by the fact that nearly half of all households own two vehicles.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have multiple cars, with 48.3% owning two and 16.6% owning three. This level of vehicle ownership is well below the state and national figures for homes with no motor vehicle, which sit at 5.8% and 7.4% respectively.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.3%
  • 2016: 2.1%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Canungra, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 64.8% of residents. Only 0.4% use public transport, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%, while 12.2% work from home.

12.2% ▲ +107.3%

Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.9%
  • 2016: 4.8%
  • 2021: 12.2%

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

0.4% ▼ -73.8%

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.6%
  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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 Canungra, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 14%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is virtually non-existent here, with no routes or stops available. 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The typical drive time to the city is 57 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.

57

Lower than 58% 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 Canungra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30523/canungra/topic/transport