5.0% ▼ -37.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rainbow Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rainbow Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Six public transport stops serve Rainbow Beach, which is more than 78% of similar areas. While the town has a good number of stops, almost everyone relies on cars to get around. This makes it a place where private vehicles are essential for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Rainbow Beach have one or two cars, with about 40% of households owning two vehicles. Only 5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Rainbow Beach splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (39%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Not a single person uses public transport to get to work, a figure well below the national average. Instead, nearly half of workers drive themselves, while 14.6% work from home.
14.6% ▲ +176.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
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: 0.7%
- 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.
The area has nearly five stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the actual number of weekly departures is far below the Queensland figure, and all services are buses.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.92
Higher than 77% 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).
53.3
Higher than 63% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Walking to the nearest public transport stop takes about 8 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this size.
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.
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).
More for Rainbow Beach
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Rainbow Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32385/rainbow-beach/topic/transport