Dajarra · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Dajarra

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Very few residents in Dajarra now work from home, a trend that mirrors the town's unique transport needs. The area stands out for its low car ownership, with 32.4% of homes having no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

More than 32% of households lack a motor vehicle, a rate far above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most homes that do have transport rely on a single vehicle, accounting for 54.1% of dwellings.

32.4% ▲ +54.1%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 21.1%
  • 2016: 37.3%
  • 2021: 32.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Dajarra, 1 vehicle is the majority at 53%; No vehicle is next at 32%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Walking and public transport are more common here than in most areas, with 22.4% of people walking to work and 9.2% using public transport. Very few people work from home at 6.6%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.

6.6% ▼ -30.6%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.5%
  • 2016: 11.9%
  • 2021: 6.6%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

9.2% ▼ -7.1%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.9%
  • 2016: 9.0%
  • 2021: 9.2%

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.

How people get to work

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In Dajarra, the largest group is Car (driver) at 43%, followed by Walked (33%) and Bus (14%).

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport infrastructure is almost non-existent, with zero routes and stops. This leaves Dajarra far below the Queensland average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.

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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).

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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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Dajarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30788/dajarra/topic/transport