3.7% ▲ —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mandalay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mandalay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge gap exists between Mandalay and the rest of the state regarding public transport, which is almost non-existent here. Most residents rely on private cars to get around, with 43.1% of homes owning two vehicles. While a few people use buses, the lack of local infrastructure makes the car the primary choice for this area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a car, with only 3.7% having no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. Most households are well-equipped, as 66.9% of homes own either two or three vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mandalay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 60% of the workforce. Around 12.1% of people work from home, which is a little below the Queensland figure and well below the national average.
12.1% ▲ +40.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.9% ▼ -63.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 2.9%
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.
Public transport is virtually absent in Mandalay, with zero routes or stops serving the area. This puts the local service far below the Queensland average for both stops and weekly departures.
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 Mandalay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31746/mandalay/topic/transport