4.0% ▼ -23.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sarina · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sarina
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Dependence on cars is the defining feature of daily life in Sarina, where the vast majority of residents rely on private vehicles to get around. Only 4% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 38.5% owning two vehicles and another 26.4% owning three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sarina, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way people get to work, with 68.8% as the driver. Very few people work from home at 5.0%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
5.0% ▲ +29.8%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -55.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 limited to a single bus route. While there are 10 stops, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.78
Higher than 64% 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).
48.9
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.
Access to transit is difficult for many, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 45 minutes, which is much higher than in most areas.
45
Higher than 77% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Sarina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32518/sarina/topic/transport