Mount Rascal · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Mount Rascal

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

Zero homes without a car defines the transport landscape in Mount Rascal, where vehicle ownership is universal. This reliance on private cars is a necessity given the lack of local public transport options and the long distances to the city.

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📍 Mount Rascal, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Mount Rascal has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4% for homes without a car. Most households are heavily equipped, with 90% owning two or more vehicles.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Mount Rascal, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 3 vehicles (30%) and 4 or more (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Nearly three quarters of workers drive themselves to work, while 11.9% work from home. This is well below the Australian figure for working from home, and no one in the area commutes via public transport.

11.9% ▲ +166.4%

Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.5%
  • 2016: 4.2%
  • 2021: 11.9%

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

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Mount Rascal, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is non-existent here, with no routes or stops available. This is far below the Queensland average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.

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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).

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is a challenge, as it takes 98 minutes to drive to the city. This is higher than most areas, and the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 56 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

56

Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.

98

Higher than 68% 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)).
  • 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 Rascal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32017/mount-rascal/topic/transport