9.2% ▼ -30.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gympie · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gympie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people live without a car in Gympie than in most similar areas, with 9.2% of homes having no motor vehicle. While the town has an impressive number of transport stops, very few people use public transit or work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. For those with cars, the most common arrangement is a single vehicle, found in 42.9% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gympie, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here at 5.4%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%. Most people commute by car, with 69% driving themselves and 6.6% travelling as a passenger.
5.4% ▲ +48.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -38.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Gympie has 6.78 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Queensland average. Despite having 11 routes and 77 stops, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
77
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.78
Higher than 85% 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).
224.0
Higher than 73% 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).
11
Higher than 86% 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 stop is only 4 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 109 minutes, much higher than in most similar places.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
109
Higher than 74% 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).
More for Gympie
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Gympie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31280/gympie/topic/transport