0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ellesmere · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ellesmere
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A total absence of public transport separates Ellesmere from the rest of the state. Every single household here owns at least one motor vehicle, making the area far more dependent on cars than the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 0% of homes lacking a vehicle, which is well below the 7.4% national figure. About 38.6% of households have two cars, and more than a third of homes own three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ellesmere, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get around, with 71.8% of workers commuting as the driver. Only 11.7% work from home, which is well below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
11.7% ▲ +15.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 routes or stops in the area. This puts Ellesmere far below the Queensland average of 2.99 stops per 1,000 people.
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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Ellesmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30965/ellesmere/topic/transport