Obum Obum · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Obum Obum

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

A far lower rate of households without cars than the national figure defines travel in Obum Obum. In this area, every single home has at least one motor vehicle, making the community almost entirely dependent on private transport.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Not a single home in Obum Obum lacks a motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figures. Most households have two cars, while about 20% own four or more.

0.0%

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 Obum Obum, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 4 or more (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here commutes by public transport, though 15.4% of residents work from home. This is slightly above the Queensland average, but well below the national figure.

15.4%

Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 6.3%
  • 2021: 15.4%

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

0.0%

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 Obum Obum, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Worked at home is next at 17%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is non-existent here, with zero stops and no routes available. This is far below the Queensland average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.

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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).

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.

How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The typical drive time from Obum Obum to the city is 56 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.

56

Lower 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)).
  • Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
  • 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 Obum Obum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32217/obum-obum/topic/transport