3.2% ▼ -33.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Carrara · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Carrara
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Carrara relies on a car to get around, with only 3.2% of households having no motor vehicle. While the area has a high number of transport stops, very few people use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least one car, and 40.9% own two. The proportion of homes without a vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Carrara splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 66% of people as the main driver. Only 1.0% use public transport, and the 13.2% who work from home is well below the Australian figure of 21%.
13.2% ▲ +156.4%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -55.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 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.
Carrara has 32 public transport stops and 7 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure, and all services are buses.
32
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.
2.44
Higher than 67% 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).
442.2
Higher than 77% 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).
7
Higher than 86% 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.
Daily travel is relatively convenient, with a typical 6-minute walk to the nearest stop and a 47-minute drive to the city, both of which are lower than in most similar areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
47
Lower than 63% 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 Carrara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30550/carrara/topic/transport