Linville · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Linville

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

Almost every single home in Linville owns a motor vehicle, making it one of the most car-dependent areas in the region. With no public transport options available, residents rely almost entirely on their own cars to get around and reach the city.

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📍 Linville, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home here has at least one vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4% of households without a car. Nearly half of all homes own one vehicle, while 32.3% have two.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.4%
  • 2016: 4.7%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Linville, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (8%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 48.1% of workers being the driver. Only 5.8% work from home, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 21%.

5.8% ▼ -73.8%

Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 22.0%
  • 2016: 19.6%
  • 2021: 5.8%

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.

How people get to work

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In Linville, Car (driver) is the majority at 66%; Walked is next at 16%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is non-existent in Linville, with zero stops or routes serving the area. This is far below the Queensland figure of 2.99 stops per 1,000 people.

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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.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The area is very remote, with a drive time to the city of 147 minutes. This is among the highest times recorded for areas at this level.

147

Higher than 89% 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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Linville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31666/linville/topic/transport