42.5% ▼ -29.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.3%
- 2016: 54.8%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Erub Island · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Erub Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Forty-two percent of households on Erub Island have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the national average. This means many residents rely on other ways to get around, with walking being a common choice for those heading to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Homes without a car are very common here, with 42.5% of households owning none. This is far above the 7.4% seen across Australia, while 35% of local homes have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Erub Island, the largest group is No vehicle at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a key way to get to work for 28.6% of residents. Very few people work from home at 6.6%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
6.6% ▲ —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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 stops or routes on the island. This puts the area far below the Queensland figure for transport access.
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 Erub Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30983/erub-island/topic/transport