2.7% ▼ -41.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sunrise Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sunrise Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 21% of workers in Sunrise Beach operate from home, a figure well above the Queensland average. This reliance on home-based work is a key feature of the area's transport profile, which otherwise leans heavily on private cars. While public transport options are available, they are rarely used for the daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 44.5% of homes owning two vehicles and only 2.7% having none. This lack of car-free households is well below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sunrise Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 55.4% of people. Only 1.5% use public transport, which is a little below the state and national figures, though this is much higher than in most similar areas.
20.8% ▲ +159.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -32.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 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.
The area has a good amount of infrastructure with 13 bus stops and 3 routes, ranking it higher than about 82% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are about the same as the Queensland figure.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.53
Higher than 71% 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).
699.8
Higher than 82% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
Most residents can walk to their nearest stop in just 3 minutes, which is much lower than in most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 90 minutes, higher than most areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
90
Higher than 63% 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 Sunrise Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32697/sunrise-beach/topic/transport