0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rockmount · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rockmount
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Rockmount has a car, making it more vehicle-dependent than many other areas. The typical resident relies heavily on a private car to get around, which is a necessity given the total lack of public transport options in the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in Rockmount lacks a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 76% owning three or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Rockmount splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (34%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 17.5% of residents, which is well above the Queensland figure. Otherwise, the vast majority use a car to get to work, as 0% of the workforce uses public transport.
17.5% ▲ +38.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 17.5%
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: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport is non-existent here, with no stops or routes available. 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is a significant trip, with a drive time of 95 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.
95
Higher than 66% 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 Rockmount [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32452/rockmount/topic/transport