19.1% ▼ -28.1%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lamb Island · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lamb Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of homes on Lamb Island have just one motor vehicle, making it an area where car ownership is lower than usual. Many residents rely on working from home or public transport to get to their jobs, which is a striking contrast to the national trend.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly one in five homes here have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the 7.4% national average. Most households have only one car, while only 1.9% own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lamb Island, 1 vehicle is the majority at 51%; 2 vehicles is next at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 21.4% of people work from home, which is well above the Queensland figure. Another 12% use public transport to commute, a rate well above the national average of 3.1%.
21.4% ▲ +183.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
12.0% ▲ —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.0%
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.
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, and the number of weekly departures is far below the Queensland figure. As a result, no one can reach other people within 45 minutes using transit.
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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical walk to the nearest stop takes 17 minutes. It takes about 74 minutes to drive from the island to the city.
17
Higher than 56% 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.
74
Higher than 53% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Lamb Island
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Lamb Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31626/lamb-island/topic/transport