0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Tyson · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Tyson
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero homes without a car defines the daily commute in Mount Tyson, where private transport is essential. Most residents rely on their own vehicles to travel, given the area's remote nature and lack of public services. This reliance is clear, as the typical drive to the city takes a long 109 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home here has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Nearly half of all households own two cars, while about 22% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Tyson, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 4 or more (21%) and 1 vehicle (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 19.7%, a figure well above the Queensland average of 14.1%. Very few people use other methods to get to work, with 55.1% driving and no one using public transport.
19.7% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 19.7%
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: 2.0%
- 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.
Public transport is non-existent in Mount Tyson, with no stops or routes available. This puts the area far below the Queensland average for transport access.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is slow, as the drive time to the city is 109 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
109
Higher than 74% 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 Tyson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32033/mount-tyson/topic/transport