5.8% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sunset · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sunset
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Sunset stands out from similar areas for how residents get around, with a very high number of homes without cars. While most households rely on vehicles, nearly 6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas of this type.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 43% of homes have two vehicles, while 32% have just one. The number of homes without a car is 5.8%, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sunset, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 75% of people driving themselves. Very few people work from home at 1.1%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
1.1% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -15.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 almost non-existent here, with no routes or stops recorded. This is far below the Queensland average for service frequency and stop availability.
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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Sunset [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32698/sunset/topic/transport