6.7% ▼ -26.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mackay Harbour · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mackay Harbour
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 70% of workers in Mackay Harbour drive themselves to work. This car-reliant area has a high number of public transport stops relative to its size, yet very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 40% of households owning two vehicles. About 6.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Mackay Harbour splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here uses public transport to get to work. This matches a low rate of working from home, at just 3.7%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
3.7% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 3.7%
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: 2.9%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 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.
The area has 5.83 stops per 1,000 people, far above the Queensland average. While the number of stops is high, the weekly departures per person are far below the state figure.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.83
Higher than 81% 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).
383.4
Higher than 76% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Residents typically spend about 15 minutes walking to their nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for similar areas.
15
Higher than 53% 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.
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 Mackay Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31725/mackay-harbour/topic/transport