10.9% ▼ -19.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Townsville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in South Townsville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Well over double the state rate of homes without a car defines South Townsville, where 10.9% of households have no motor vehicle. While public transport options are more plentiful than in most similar areas, very few people actually use them to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households rely on a single car, while 33.7% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In South Townsville, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 6%. Most people drive to work, with 65.7% as the driver and 6.7% walking.
6.0% ▲ +91.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -60.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 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.
The area has 15 public transport stops, which is far above the state average for every 1,000 people. However, weekly departures are far below the Queensland figure.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.19
Higher than 82% 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).
434.8
Higher than 77% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
Residents usually walk about 8 minutes to reach the nearest transport stop, a result that is around the middle for similar areas.
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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in South Townsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32602/south-townsville/topic/transport