29.0% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Laura · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Laura
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Walking to work is the most common way to get around in Laura, with 32.5% of workers doing so. While many people walk, there is a striking gap in vehicle access, as nearly 30% of homes have no motor vehicle at all. This is far above the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 29% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure of 7.4%. For those who do own cars, 41.9% have just one vehicle, while 19.4% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Laura, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 37%, followed by No vehicle (26%) and 2 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one uses public transport to get to work, and 15% work from home, which is well below the Australian figure of 21%. Driving a car is the next most common choice, with 30% of workers as the driver.
15.0% ▲ —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
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. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure.
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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Laura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31642/laura/topic/transport