8.5% ▼ -40.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Douglas · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Port Douglas
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Port Douglas compared to the rest of the country, with only 10.6% doing so. This is a car-dependent area where nearly half of the workforce drives to work, though a notable 10.9% of workers choose to walk.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.5% of homes in Port Douglas have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Over half of all households own a single vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Port Douglas, 1 vehicle is the majority at 51%; 2 vehicles is next at 31%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at 10.6%. While 47.1% of people drive to work, only 1.1% use public transport, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%.
10.6% ▲ +60.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -50.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 almost non-existent in Port Douglas, with zero stops or routes. This is far below the Queensland average of 2.99 stops per 1,000 people.
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).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Port Douglas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32352/port-douglas/topic/transport