Mossman Gorge · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Mossman Gorge

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

Far more homes in Mossman Gorge lack a car than in most similar areas. Nearly one in five households has no motor vehicle, which is a striking gap compared to the national figure. This lack of private transport is mirrored by a total absence of local public transport infrastructure.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 19% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is far above the 5.8% seen across Queensland. While 38% of households have one car, those with two or three vehicles make up 21.5% and 11.4% respectively.

19.0% ▼ -76.1%

Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 79.3%
  • 2016: 19.2%
  • 2021: 19.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Mossman Gorge, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (24%) and No vehicle (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Walking to work is common here at 13%, while 48.1% of people drive. Those who use public transport to commute make up 3.9% of the workforce, which is much higher than in most similar areas.

14.3%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 7.8%
  • 2021: 14.3%

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

3.9%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 3.9%

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.

How people get to work

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In Mossman Gorge, Car (driver) is the majority at 57%; Worked at home is next at 17%.

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 the number of weekly departures is far below the Queensland figure.

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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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Mossman Gorge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31930/mossman-gorge/topic/transport