Mount Crosby · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Mount Crosby

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

Nearly 24% of people in Mount Crosby work from home, which is well above the Queensland figure. This reflects a lifestyle where most households rely heavily on private cars to get around, with almost no one without a vehicle.

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📍 Mount Crosby, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 83.7% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Only 0.5% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%.

0.5% ▼ -43.7%

Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.9%
  • 2016: 0.9%
  • 2021: 0.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Mount Crosby, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 1 vehicle (15%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 55.3% of residents. While 23.7% work from home, only 1.6% use public transport, which is a little below the national figure.

23.7% ▲ +192.9%

Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.1%
  • 2016: 7.0%
  • 2021: 23.7%

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

1.6% ▼ -29.6%

Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3%
  • 2016: 1.6%
  • 2021: 1.6%

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 Mount Crosby, Car (driver) is the majority at 65%; Worked at home is next at 28%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is almost non-existent in the area, with zero stops and routes. This is far below the state average, leaving residents with very few options beyond their own cars.

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).

6,032

Higher than 52% 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).

6,032

Lower than 64% 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.

Despite the lack of public transit, the drive time to the city is 28 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas.

28

Lower than 76% 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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Mount Crosby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31953/mount-crosby/topic/transport