0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Paterson · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Paterson
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A complete reliance on cars defines travel in Paterson, where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. The area is very remote, taking 142 minutes to drive to the city, which is much longer than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 42.3% of homes owning two vehicles and 0.0% having none. This lack of car-less households is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Paterson, 2 vehicles is the majority at 54%; 1 vehicle is next at 20%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of residents drive to work, with 75.0% as the driver. Very few people work from home at 6.3%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
6.3% ▼ -64.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is nonexistent in Paterson, with zero stops and zero routes. This means there are no weekly departures, a figure far below the Queensland average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is a slow process for those heading to the city, with a drive time of 142 minutes, which is much higher than most other areas.
142
Higher than 88% 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 Paterson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32283/paterson/topic/transport