0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Carters Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Carters Ridge
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Carters Ridge owns a motor vehicle, making it stand out compared to state and national trends. This heavy reliance on cars is a key feature of the area, where public transport is not available and the drive to the city takes 98 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia. Most households are well-equipped, with 38.7% owning two vehicles and 27% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Carters Ridge, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 1 vehicle (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one uses public transport to get to work, while 15.4% work from home, a figure slightly above the Queensland average. The most common way to travel is by driving, with 56% of workers commuting as the driver.
15.4% ▲ +49.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 15.4%
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: 3.9%
- 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 completely absent here, with no stops or routes available. This 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The area is quite remote, with a typical drive time to the city of 98 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.
98
Higher than 68% 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).
More for Carters Ridge
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Carters Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30555/carters-ridge/topic/transport