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.
Mount Whitestone · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Whitestone
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A quarter of working residents now work from home in Mount Whitestone, marking a shift toward remote employment in this rural area. While 0% of homes lack a car, the area's total reliance on private vehicles is reinforced by a complete lack of public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Mount Whitestone has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own two or three vehicles, with 42.3% having two and 26.9% having three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Whitestone, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (25%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than in the rest of Queensland, at 25.4%. Because 0% of people use public transport to get to work, the majority of commuters rely on driving, with 56.7% acting as the driver.
25.4% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 25.4%
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: 4.5%
- 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 this area, with zero stops or routes available. This is far below the Queensland figure of 2.99 stops 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical drive time to the city from Mount Whitestone is 79 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
79
Higher than 56% 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 Whitestone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32038/mount-whitestone/topic/transport