29.6% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Goldfields · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Goldfields
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 30% of people in Goldfields now work from home, a figure that is far above the state average. This shift highlights a local workforce that relies almost entirely on private cars or home offices rather than public systems. The area has virtually no public transport infrastructure to support commuters.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 60%, ahead of 4 or more (27%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Goldfields, 2 vehicles is the majority at 69%; 4 or more is next at 31%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 29.6% of people doing so, which is well above the national figure of 21%. Most other workers drive, while the 0% who use public transport is well below the Australian average of 3.1%.
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 Goldfields. This means the number of weekly departures and stops per 1,000 people is 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Goldfields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31181/goldfields/topic/transport