6.9% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
East Mackay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in East Mackay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Cars are the primary way people get around East Mackay, though it is a place where far more homes lack a vehicle than in most similar areas. While car use dominates the daily routine, there is a notable amount of public transport infrastructure available for residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.9% of homes here do not have a motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Queensland figure. Most households have either one or two cars.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →East Mackay splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home at 4.3%, which is far below the national figure. The vast majority of residents drive, with 75.1% commuting as the driver of a car.
4.3% ▲ +35.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -31.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.3%
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.
East Mackay has 15 public transport stops, making it larger than about 85% of similar areas. However, the 253.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.03
Higher than 74% 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).
253.4
Higher than 74% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 the nearest transport stop is very quick, with a walking time of just one minute, which is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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 East Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30929/east-mackay/topic/transport