8.6% ▼ -30.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
North Toowoomba · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in North Toowoomba
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 65% of workers in North Toowoomba drive themselves to work. While the area has an impressive number of public transport stops, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
More homes here have no motor vehicle than in most other areas, with 8.6% of households without one. This is a little above the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In North Toowoomba, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.2% of the workforce uses public transport to get to work, which is a little below the national figure. Working from home is also far less common here than across Australia, at just 7.8%.
7.8% ▲ +215.7%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.2%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 access is strong with 22 stops and 3 routes, far above the Queensland average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the state figure.
22
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.
6.60
Higher than 84% 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).
549.5
Higher than 79% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
Getting to a nearby stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just one minute. This is much lower than in most other areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
86
Higher than 60% 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 Toowoomba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32186/north-toowoomba/topic/transport