1.5% ▼ -36.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Douglas · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Douglas
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Douglas has a car, with just 1.5% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%. The area relies heavily on private transport and buses to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, as 43% of homes have two vehicles and only 1.5% have none. This lack of car-free households is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Douglas, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 70.3% of people as the driver. Only 4.5% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
4.5% ▲ +125.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -21.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
Douglas has 30 public transport stops and 5 routes, making it larger than about 88% of similar areas. While bus services are frequent, with 594.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people, this is a little below the Queensland figure.
30
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.
3.86
Higher than 73% 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).
594.1
Higher than 80% 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).
5
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.
Getting to public transport is easier than in most areas, with a typical 4 minute walk to the nearest stop.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
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 Douglas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30871/douglas/topic/transport