Palgrave · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Palgrave

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

A 157-minute drive to the city makes Palgrave one of the most remote areas for commuting at this level. This distance is a defining feature of the area, where residents rely almost entirely on private vehicles to get around.

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📍 Palgrave, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The most common motor vehicles per home is 3 vehicles at 50%, ahead of 2 vehicles (40%).

Motor vehicles per home

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In Palgrave, 3 vehicles is the majority at 56%; 2 vehicles is next at 44%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

The most common how people get to work is Worked at home at 69%, ahead of Car (driver) (0%).

How people get to work

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In Palgrave, Worked at home is the majority at 100%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes serving the area. This puts Palgrave far below the Queensland figures for both stop and departure frequency.

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The typical trip to the city takes 157 minutes, which is among the highest drive times for similar areas.

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Higher than 91% 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

  • 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 Palgrave [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32254/palgrave/topic/transport