0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
North Arm · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in North Arm
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero homes without a car is the defining feature of North Arm, where vehicle ownership is universal. This makes the area heavily dependent on private transport, as there are no public transport stops or routes available.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in North Arm owns at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households are well-equipped, with 79.8% owning two or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In North Arm, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 32%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 4 or more (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 68.9% of people acting as the driver. Very few people work from home at 11.4%, which is well below the national figure of 21.0%.
11.4% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 11.4%
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: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 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 here, with no stops or routes serving the area. This is far below the Queensland average 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.
A walk to the nearest transport stop would take 53 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. It takes 82 minutes to drive to the city.
53
Higher than 81% 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.
82
Higher than 58% 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 North Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32167/north-arm/topic/transport