3.1% ▼ -18.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Goomboorian · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Goomboorian
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of workers in Goomboorian drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars. While most homes have multiple vehicles, the area is quite remote, with a long drive time to the city. This makes private transport essential for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 44.1% of homes owning two vehicles and 24.6% owning three. Only 3.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Goomboorian, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is popular for 18.5% of residents, which is well above the state figure. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 1.3%.
18.5% ▲ +52.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▲ —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 more public transport stops per person here than in most similar areas, though weekly departures are far below the Queensland figure. All public transport is provided by bus.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.30
Higher than 79% 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).
35.3
Higher than 61% 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.
Getting around on foot is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 23 minutes. This is higher than most areas, and the drive time to the city is also much higher than usual at 124 minutes.
23
Higher than 61% 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.
124
Higher than 83% 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 Goomboorian [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31194/goomboorian/topic/transport