North Johnstone · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in North Johnstone

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

A shift towards flexible work is the big story for North Johnstone, where 36.7% of people now work from home. This is far above the national figure of 21%. The area relies heavily on private cars for travel, while public transport is almost entirely absent.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in North Johnstone has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.4% of Australian households without one. Most homes have two vehicles, while 15.4% have four or more.

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In North Johnstone, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 4 or more (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common here, with 36.7% of residents doing so—far above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. For those who do travel, 40% drive themselves, while 0% use public transport.

36.7%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 48.4%
  • 2021: 36.7%

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

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In North Johnstone, Car (driver) is the majority at 52%; Worked at home is next at 48%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is non-existent in North Johnstone, with zero stops and routes. This means there are far fewer services than the Queensland average.

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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).

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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 North Johnstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32177/north-johnstone/topic/transport