Gunalda · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Gunalda

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Far fewer people use public transport in Gunalda than the national average, with 0% of workers commuting by bus or train. This rural area relies heavily on private cars, though a striking 25% of the workforce now works from home.

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📍 Gunalda, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least one car, and 47% have exactly one vehicle. Only 3.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

3.7% ▼ -4.3%

Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 3.7%
  • 2021: 3.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Gunalda, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (26%) and 3 vehicles (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common here, with 25% of people doing so, which is far above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. The rest mostly drive, as 57.5% of workers are the main driver of their car.

25.0% ▲ +42.0%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 17.6%
  • 2016: 7.3%
  • 2021: 25.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 2.7%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Gunalda, Car (driver) is the majority at 64%; Worked at home is next at 28%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure of 721.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The drive time to the city is 124 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.

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 Gunalda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31269/gunalda/topic/transport