Mount Tarampa · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Mount Tarampa

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

Car ownership has remained the dominant way to get around Mount Tarampa, with every single home owning at least one motor vehicle. This total reliance on cars is reflected in the lack of public transport options and the hour-long drive to the city.

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📍 Mount Tarampa, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home here owns a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4% for households without one. Most homes have multiple cars, with 45% owning two and another 43.8% owning three or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.6%
  • 2016: 2.2%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Mount Tarampa, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 4 or more (22%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 63.1% of people. This explains why 0% use public transport and why the 10.3% who work from home is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.

10.3% ▼ -29.3%

Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.5%
  • 2016: 12.6%
  • 2021: 10.3%

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: 1.2%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Mount Tarampa, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

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, meaning zero people can reach others by transit within 45 minutes. This is far below the Queensland figure for stops and departures per 1,000 people.

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.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The drive time to the city is 62 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.

62

Lower than 55% 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 Tarampa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32030/mount-tarampa/topic/transport