30.2% ▲ +42.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fraser Island · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Fraser Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 30% of homes have no car, making Fraser Island an area where many residents rely on alternatives to personal vehicles. This is far above the national figure, though a surprisingly high number of people simply walk to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 30.2% of households here do not own a motor vehicle, which is far above the 5.8% seen across Queensland. For those who do have cars, 39.6% of homes own just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Fraser Island, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 38%, followed by No vehicle (29%) and 2 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is the most common way to get to work for 42.7% of the workforce. Another 6.7% use public transport, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%.
14.6% ▲ +42.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.7% ▲ +31.5%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.7%
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 the area, leaving the number of weekly departures far below 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 Fraser Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31081/fraser-island/topic/transport