6.3% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cardwell · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cardwell
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people use public transport in Cardwell, which is a common trend for similar areas. Most residents rely on private cars to get around, with 46.9% of homes owning just one vehicle. While public transport options are non-existent, nearly 10% of workers simply walk to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.3% of Cardwell homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Across the town, 36.5% of households keep two cars, and 7.7% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cardwell, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (37%) and 3 vehicles (8%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport, a figure well below the Australian average of 3.1%. Working from home is also less common than in most areas, with only 11.2% of residents doing so.
11.2% ▲ +77.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 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.
Public transport is completely absent in Cardwell, with no routes or stops available. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Queensland figure of 721.
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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Cardwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30537/cardwell/topic/transport