Mowbray · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Mowbray

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

Nearly 60% of working residents in Mowbray drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most homes own multiple vehicles, there are no public transport stops or routes serving the area. This leaves very few alternatives for those who do not own a car.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 46% of homes in Mowbray have two vehicles, and 18% have three. Only 3.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Queensland figure.

3.3% ▼ -10.7%

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.7%
  • 2016: 2.8%
  • 2021: 3.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Mowbray, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common for 16.6% of residents, which is a little above the state figure. A small number of people, 3.0%, use public transport to get to work, which is much higher than in most similar areas.

16.6% ▲ +198.2%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.6%
  • 2016: 9.0%
  • 2021: 16.6%

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

3.0% ▲ —

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.8%
  • 2021: 3.0%

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 Mowbray, Car (driver) is the majority at 72%; Worked at home is next at 20%.

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. This means the number of weekly departures and stops per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland average.

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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Mowbray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32045/mowbray/topic/transport