37.9% ▼ -15.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.7%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lockhart River · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lockhart River
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people in Lockhart River use public transport or work from home, reflecting a shift toward more localised travel. While car use is common, nearly 38% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 37.9% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the 7.4% national figure. For those who do own cars, the most common situation is having just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Lockhart River splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and No vehicle (39%), with 2 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking to work is a significant choice for 29.2% of residents, while 41.7% drive. No one in the area works from home or uses public transport to get to work, which is far below the national figure for home offices.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
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: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 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 Lockhart River. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure that is far below the Queensland average.
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 Lockhart River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31673/lockhart-river/topic/transport