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.
Carrington · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Carrington
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people own cars in Carrington than in many similar areas, with every single home in the district having at least one motor vehicle. This heavy reliance on private cars is reflected in the way residents travel, as the vast majority drive to work and almost no one uses public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every household in Carrington has a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4% for homes without one. Most homes are well-equipped, with 54.4% owning two vehicles and 16.2% having four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Carrington, 2 vehicles is the majority at 56%; 3 vehicles is next at 20%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 71% of people being the driver. Only 6.5% of residents work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
6.5% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 6.5%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is non-existent here, with zero stops, routes, or departures per 1,000 people. This lack of access is far below the Queensland average of 2.99 stops per 1,000 people.
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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Carrington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30551/carrington/topic/transport