16.2% ▲ +251.4%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Isa City · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Isa City
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more households in Mount Isa City live without a car than in most other parts of the country. While 16.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, the lack of public transport means many residents must rely on walking or private cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 16.2% of homes have no vehicle, which is far above the Queensland figure of 5.8% and well above the national average. Most households do have a car, with 35.1% owning one and 29.7% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Isa City, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and No vehicle (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a common choice here, with 31% of workers walking to their jobs. In contrast, no one works from home and 0% use public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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: 2.2%
- 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 the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 0.0, which is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.
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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Mount Isa City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31975/mount-isa-city/topic/transport