Imbil · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Imbil

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

Two or more cars are found in over half of all households in Imbil. This makes the town heavily dependent on private vehicles for daily travel. Only 2% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have multiple cars, with 40.1% owning two vehicles and 13.8% owning three. Very few households go without a car, a rate much lower than across Queensland and Australia.

2.0% ▼ -67.0%

Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.1%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 2021: 2.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Imbil, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 61.8% of residents, while 14% work from home. No one in the area commutes using public transport, which is well below the national average.

14.0% ▲ +10.7%

Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.6%
  • 2016: 11.7%
  • 2021: 14.0%

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: 0.9%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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 Imbil, Car (driver) is the majority at 72%; Worked at home is next at 16%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in Imbil. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the Queensland average.

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 trip to the city is long, taking 173 minutes. This drive time is among the highest for similar areas.

173

Higher than 94% 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 Imbil [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31387/imbil/topic/transport