5.7% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Surprise · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Surprise
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home is a common part of life in Mount Surprise, where nearly 33% of the workforce does so. This is far above the national figure and reflects a place where few people rely on traditional commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 47.2% owning a single vehicle and 15.1% owning four or more. Only 5.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Surprise, 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; 2 vehicles is next at 19%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is the most popular way to get to work at 38.5%, while 32.7% work from home, a figure far above both the state and national averages. No one here commutes using public transport.
32.7% ▲ +27.6%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Mount Surprise. This means the area has far fewer services than the Queensland average, with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people.
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 Surprise [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32026/mount-surprise/topic/transport