1.3% ▲ +26.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gowrie Junction · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gowrie Junction
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car dependence remains the defining feature of travel in Gowrie Junction. Almost every home here owns a motor vehicle, and very few residents work from home compared to the national figure. This creates a landscape where private driving is the only practical option for getting around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households are heavily equipped, with 44.3% owning two vehicles and another 38.9% owning three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gowrie Junction, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 4 or more (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 73.4% of people as the driver. Just 7.8% of the workforce works from home, a figure far below the Australian average of 21%.
7.8% ▲ +170.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -64.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Public transport is almost non-existent here, with zero routes and stops serving the area. This puts the number of weekly departures far below the Queensland figure.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is challenging without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 81 minutes. This is among the highest times for this level of area.
81
Higher than 97% 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.
89
Higher than 62% 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 Gowrie Junction [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31215/gowrie-junction/topic/transport