13.8% ▼ -34.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rockhampton City · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rockhampton City
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people in Rockhampton City now live without a car than in previous years, with 13.8% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well above the national figure of 7.4%. While car travel is the main way to get around, the area has a notable number of people who walk to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost half of all homes have one vehicle, while 28% have two. The 13.8% of households without a car is among the highest for similar areas and is well above the Queensland rate of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rockhampton City, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and No vehicle (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Car travel dominates, with 58.9% of workers driving and 7.5% travelling as passengers. This is reflected in the very low number of people working from home, at just 4.1%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
4.1% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -78.2%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 very limited here, with zero routes and stops. This is far below the Queensland average and results in a very low 0.5% of people using public transport to get to work.
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 Rockhampton City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32449/rockhampton-city/topic/transport