7.5% ▼ -23.7%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Proserpine · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Proserpine
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 65% of workers in Proserpine drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most homes have at least one car, a surprising 7.5% of households have no vehicle at all, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The typical home has one or two cars, with 42.2% owning one and 34.1% owning two. The 7.5% of homes without a vehicle is a little above the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Proserpine, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here, at just 4.7%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. Only 1.2% of the workforce uses public transport, and 7.7% of people walk to their jobs.
4.7% ▲ +38.4%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -29.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 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.
Public transport is almost non-existent in the area, with no routes or stops available. This puts Proserpine far below the Queensland average for transport access and departures.
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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Proserpine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32368/proserpine/topic/transport