Manapouri · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Manapouri

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

Working from home has become a defining feature of Manapouri, where 30% of people now do so. This is a far higher rate than the Queensland figure of 14.1% and well above the national average.

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📍 Manapouri, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 44%, ahead of 1 vehicle (25%).

Motor vehicles per home

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In Manapouri, 2 vehicles is the majority at 64%; 1 vehicle is next at 36%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people here drive alone to work, while 30% work from home. No one uses public transport for their commute, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%.

30.0%

Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 10.3%
  • 2021: 30.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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 Manapouri, Car (driver) is the majority at 67%; Worked at home is next at 33%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is non-existent in the area, with zero stops and routes. This lack of access is far below the Queensland average of 2.99 stops per 1,000 people.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city is a significant journey, with a typical drive time of 106 minutes, which is higher than most areas.

106

Higher than 73% 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)).
  • 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 Manapouri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31745/manapouri/topic/transport