0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Isa · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Isa
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Mount Isa owns a motor vehicle, making it more car-reliant than most similar areas. While the city lacks public transport options, this is mirrored by a very low number of people working from home compared to the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Mount Isa has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures for households without a car. More than half of all homes own two or more vehicles, with 15.1% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Isa, 2 vehicles is the majority at 56%; 4 or more is next at 19%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 75.3% of residents, while 11.2% walk. Only 6.7% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
6.7% ▲ +38.5%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 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 routes or stops in Mount Isa, leaving the area far below the Queensland average for transit access. This is consistent with the fact that no one here commutes using public transport.
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 Mount Isa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31974/mount-isa/topic/transport