3.4% ▼ -59.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Palm Cove · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Palm Cove
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much higher levels of public transport access than most similar areas define Palm Cove, where 5.31 stops per 1,000 people are available. While the area is well-served by buses, the vast majority of residents still rely on private cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Palm Cove have at least one car, with 37.6% owning two. Only 3.4% of households have no vehicle, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Palm Cove, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (38%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, and 18.7% work from home, which is well above the Queensland figure. Only 1.2% use public transport to commute, a figure that is a little below the national average.
18.7% ▲ +132.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -59.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
The area has a high volume of services, with 1,004.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people, well above the state's 720.7. All public transport in the area is provided by buses across two different routes.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.31
Higher than 79% 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).
1,004.9
Higher than 86% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 stop is very quick for residents, with a typical walk of just 1 minute, which is much lower than most similar 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.
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 Palm Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32258/palm-cove/topic/transport