1.2% ▼ -55.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gooburrum · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gooburrum
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 70% of workers in Gooburrum drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars. The area is very car-dependent, with only 1.2% of homes without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 40.9% owning two and another 38.2% owning three or more. This means far fewer households are without a vehicle compared to the Queensland and Australian figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gooburrum, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home at 6.6%, which is far below the national figure. While 70.6% of the workforce drive, only 0.4% use public transport to get to work.
6.6% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -33.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 is only one public transport route and one stop in the area, both of which are buses. Although this is more than many similar areas, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.66
Higher than 60% 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).
7.9
Higher than 58% 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 20 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
20
Higher than 59% 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.
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 Gooburrum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31183/gooburrum/topic/transport