5.2% ▼ -31.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Malanda · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Malanda
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero public transport stops are available across Malanda, making it a place where almost everyone relies on their own car. While most homes have at least one vehicle, nearly 10% of the workforce operates from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own one or two cars, with 39.8% having a single vehicle and 34.6% having two. About 5.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Malanda, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 60.4% of residents. Only 9.7% work from home, a figure that is far below the national average of 21%.
9.7% ▲ +46.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -47.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
There are no public transport routes or stops in the area. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is 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 Malanda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31737/malanda/topic/transport