8.3% ▼ -34.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
East Toowoomba · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in East Toowoomba
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 63% of workers in East Toowoomba drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way to get around. This is a high-car area, although a surprising 8.3% of homes have no motor vehicle at all. While public transport infrastructure is more common here than in most similar areas, very few people actually use it for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Homes without a motor vehicle are much more common here than in most areas, with 8.3% of households having none. For those who do own cars, the most typical arrangement is one vehicle (42.4%) or two vehicles (36.1%) per home.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In East Toowoomba, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 10.4% of residents doing so. Just 0.3% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the Queensland figure.
10.4% ▲ +118.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -33.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
The area is well-served with 22 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is more than about 89% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.
22
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.
3.70
Higher than 72% 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).
237.2
Higher than 73% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
It takes about 83 minutes to drive to the city, which is around the middle for its level. A walk to the nearest public transport stop typically takes about 8 minutes.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
83
Higher than 58% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in East Toowoomba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30933/east-toowoomba/topic/transport