50.0% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Elgin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Elgin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Half of all working residents in Elgin work from home, a figure far above the national average. This sparsely populated area relies almost entirely on home-based work or walking to get to their jobs, with no one using cars or public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 4 or more at 29%, ahead of 1 vehicle (24%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Elgin, 4 or more is the majority at 56%; 1 vehicle is next at 44%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Half of the workforce works from home, which is far above the national figure of 21%. Another 34.4% of workers walk to their jobs, while no one uses public transport to commute.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Elgin, leaving the area with far fewer services than the Queensland average.
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 Elgin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30958/elgin/topic/transport