Hay Point · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Hay Point

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

Far fewer people in Hay Point go without a car compared to the rest of the country. Only 1.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This heavy reliance on cars is mirrored in how people get to work, where the vast majority drive.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own multiple cars, with 40.6% having two and 19.7% having three. Having no vehicle is very rare here, occurring in just 1.6% of homes.

1.6% ▼ -21.7%

Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 1.9%
  • 2021: 1.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Hay Point, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 70.6% of residents. Only 5.5% of people work from home, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 21.0%.

5.5% ▲ +61.9%

Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.4%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 5.5%

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

1.5% ▼ -41.8%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7%
  • 2016: 1.4%
  • 2021: 1.5%

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 Hay Point, Car (driver) is the majority at 86%; Worked at home is next at 7%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is almost non-existent in Hay Point, with zero routes and zero stops. This is far below the Queensland average for stops and departures per 1,000 people.

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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).

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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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Hay Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31306/hay-point/topic/transport