4.3% ▲ —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Comet · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Comet
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home is much more common in Comet than in most similar areas. Around 27.8% of workers do their jobs from home, which is far above the Queensland figure. While most people still rely on cars, the area shows a unique mix of remote work and traditional commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 42.7% owning two and nearly a quarter owning three. Only 4.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Comet, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 4 or more (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of the workforce drive to work, but 27.8% work from home, a rate well above the Australian average. A small number of people use public transport, with 3.2% commuting this way.
27.8% ▲ +51.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.2% ▲ +224.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.2%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This leaves Comet far below the Queensland average for transport access and weekly departures.
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 Comet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30656/comet/topic/transport