3.7% ▼ -37.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Marcoola · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Marcoola
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Driving is the primary way to get around Marcoola, with 65.3% of workers commuting by car. While most households own at least one vehicle, the area has a very high number of public transport stops and services compared to other similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, and only 3.7% of households have no motor vehicle. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Marcoola splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (42%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is less common here than in most areas, with 12.7% of workers doing so. Only 1.5% of the workforce uses public transport to get to work, which is a little below the national figure.
12.7% ▲ +140.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -25.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 access is far above the Queensland average, with 6.26 stops per 1,000 people. The area is served by two bus routes with 1,160.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most similar areas.
21
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.26
Higher than 83% 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).
1,160.1
Higher than 87% 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.
It takes about 75 minutes to drive to the city. However, walking to the nearest stop takes 83 minutes, which is among the highest times for this level of area.
83
Higher than 98% 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.
75
Higher than 53% 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 Marcoola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31761/marcoola/topic/transport