Landsborough · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Landsborough

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

More people have shifted towards working from home since 2011, though Landsborough remains a car-dependent area. Most households own multiple vehicles to manage the 62-minute drive to the city. While it has more public transport routes than many similar areas, very few residents actually use them for their daily commute.

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📍 Landsborough, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are common here, with 41.2% of homes owning two vehicles and 28.1% having one. Only 2.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

2.9% ▼ -10.7%

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.2%
  • 2016: 3.6%
  • 2021: 2.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Landsborough, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work, with 67.5% of people as the driver. Those working from home make up 11.6% of the workforce, which is well below the Australian figure of 21.0%.

11.6% ▲ +158.7%

Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.5%
  • 2016: 4.8%
  • 2021: 11.6%

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

1.3% ▼ -46.7%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 2016: 2.1%
  • 2021: 1.3%

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 Landsborough, Car (driver) is the majority at 78%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

Public transport access

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

The area has 27 public transport routes, among the largest at this level. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure, and most services are buses.

0.90

Higher than 61% 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).

185.3

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around on foot is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 37 minutes, which is higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is 62 minutes.

37

Higher than 72% 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.

62

Lower than 55% 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 Landsborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31631/landsborough/topic/transport