0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Maroon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Maroon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Maroon has at least one motor vehicle, making it far more car-dependent than the national average. This reliance on private transport is expected given the area's remoteness and the 87-minute drive typically required to reach the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 38.2% of homes owning two vehicles and 16.4% owning four or more. The 0.0% of homes without a vehicle is well below the Queensland and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Maroon, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive to get to their jobs, and 11.9% walk. Working from home is slightly less common here than in the rest of Queensland, while no one uses public transport to commute.
11.9% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 11.9%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means zero people can reach others by transit within 45 minutes, a figure far below the state average.
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).
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 87 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.
87
Higher than 61% 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).
More for Maroon
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Maroon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31773/maroon/topic/transport