6.3% ▼ -44.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gatton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gatton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A tiny 0.9% of workers use public transport to get to their jobs in Gatton, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. While the town has more transport stops than many similar areas, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 6.3% of households have no motor vehicle at all. This is much higher than in most similar areas, though it is about the same as the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Gatton splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 66.7% of people as the driver and 13.4% as a passenger. Only 4.5% of residents work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
4.5% ▲ +38.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -48.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 town relies entirely on one bus route with seven stops. Despite having more stops than about 79% of similar areas, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.89
Higher than 61% 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).
63.2
Higher than 64% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 10 minutes. For those travelling to the city, the drive time is 64 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
10
Lower than 54% 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.
64
Lower than 53% 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 Gatton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31104/gatton/topic/transport