5.7% ▼ -20.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Noosaville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Noosaville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of workers in Noosaville drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way to get around. While the area has a huge number of public transport services compared to the state average, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 5.7% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, despite being about the same as the Queensland average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Noosaville, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (37%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here; 22.5% of people do so, which is well above the Queensland figure. Very few residents use public transport to get to work, at just 1.0%.
22.5% ▲ +105.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -21.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
The area is very well served by buses, with 52 stops and 9 routes. This means there are 1,519.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far above the Queensland average.
52
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.97
Higher than 81% 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).
1,519.8
Higher than 89% 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.
It takes about 87 minutes to drive to the city, which is longer than in most areas. The walk to the nearest public transport stop takes around 17 minutes.
17
Higher than 56% 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.
87
Higher than 61% 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 Noosaville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32162/noosaville/topic/transport