6.0% ▼ -30.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Innisfail · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in South Innisfail
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in South Innisfail than in other parts of the country, with only 5.9% doing so. This reliance on commuting is matched by a strong dependence on cars for getting around. Most residents use a private vehicle for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 48% of homes have one car, while 33% have two. Roughly 6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In South Innisfail, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most of the workforce relies on cars, with 69.3% driving and 11.7% travelling as passengers. Public transport use is low at 1.5%, and working from home is far below the national figure of 21%.
5.9% ▲ +80.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▲ —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.5%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means there are no weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure that is far below the Queensland average.
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 South Innisfail [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32590/south-innisfail/topic/transport