8.1% ▼ -31.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Surat · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Surat
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero public transport stops serve the people of Surat, making the town entirely reliant on private travel. Most residents depend on cars, though a surprising 19.1% walk to work. This lack of transit options is a defining feature of the area's transport landscape.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.1% of homes in Surat have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. For those who do own cars, the most common arrangement is a single vehicle, seen in 41% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Surat, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one uses public transport to get to work, and only 1.9% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Most people drive, while nearly one in five residents walk to their jobs.
1.9% ▼ -41.7%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 completely absent in Surat, with no routes or stops available. This puts the area far below the Queensland average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
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 Surat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32701/surat/topic/transport