4.7% ▼ -41.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Horseshoe Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Horseshoe Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Horseshoe Bay than across the rest of Australia. While nearly 13% of residents work from home, this is well below the national figure of 21%. Most people here rely on private cars to get around and reach their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least one car, with 47.2% owning one and 35.4% owning two. Only 4.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Horseshoe Bay, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (8%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 46.1% of residents. While 3.5% use public transport—a figure much higher than in most similar areas—this is about the same as the state and national averages.
12.6% ▲ +64.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.5% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 3.5%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is almost non-existent here, with no routes or stops available. This leaves the area far below the Queensland average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
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).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Horseshoe Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31362/horseshoe-bay/topic/transport