2.8% ▼ -57.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Noosa Heads · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Noosa Heads
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has become a defining feature of Noosa Heads, with 27.5% of the workforce now doing so. This is far above the Queensland figure and represents a significant shift in how the local population connects to their jobs. While most residents still rely on cars, the area has an exceptionally high number of public transport services compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every household owns a car, with 42% having two vehicles and 39.8% having one. Only 2.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Noosa Heads splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (42%) and 1 vehicle (40%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 27.5% of people work from home, a rate far above the Queensland average of 14.1%. Because of this, very few residents use public transport to get to work, with only 0.9% doing so.
27.5% ▲ +101.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -25.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
The area is very well served by buses, with 21 stops and 9 routes. This results in 2,078.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far above the Queensland figure of 720.7.
21
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.10
Higher than 74% 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).
2,078.5
Higher than 92% 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).
9
Higher than 86% 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.
Residents enjoy quick access to transit, with a typical five-minute walk to the nearest stop. However, the drive time to the city is 92 minutes, which is higher than in most areas.
5
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
92
Higher than 64% 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 Noosa Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32160/noosa-heads/topic/transport