0.9% ▼ -36.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mackenzie · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mackenzie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 1% of homes in Mackenzie lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below both the Queensland and Australian averages. This reliance on cars is a dominant feature of the area, though some residents use the local bus network or work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 51.5% owning two and 19.5% owning three. Only 0.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mackenzie, 2 vehicles is the majority at 52%; 3 vehicles is next at 20%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the most common way to get to work for 58.5% of people. About 19.5% work from home, while 4.4% use public transport, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures.
19.5% ▲ +235.9%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.4% ▼ -37.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 is served entirely by buses, with 7 stops and 6 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the trip to the city takes 77 minutes, which is much longer than in most other areas.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.00
Higher than 69% 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).
622.9
Higher than 81% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
77
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes 17 minutes to drive to the city, which is much lower than most areas. A walk to the nearest transport stop typically takes 6 minutes, which is also lower than in most other places.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 Mackenzie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31726/mackenzie/topic/transport