4.9% ▲ —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Point Arkwright · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Point Arkwright
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift toward more flexible work patterns has emerged in Point Arkwright, where 17.1% of people now work from home. This is well above the Queensland figure, reflecting a trend toward remote employment in this small coastal area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 36.9% owning two vehicles. Only 4.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Point Arkwright splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (39%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 55.3% of residents. No one uses public transport for their commute, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%.
17.1% ▲ +227.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This lack of infrastructure means weekly departures are far below the Queensland figure.
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.
The typical drive to the city takes 80 minutes. For those who can access a stop, the usual walk is about 8 minutes.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
80
Higher than 57% 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 Point Arkwright [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32342/point-arkwright/topic/transport