0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Talgai · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Talgai
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Talgai relies on a car to get around, with 40% of workers doing their jobs from home. This reflects a remote lifestyle where residents are far from city services and largely independent of public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
No home in Talgai is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households have at least two vehicles, with 26.7% owning two and 15.6% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Talgai, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 40%, a figure far above the 21% national average. For those who do travel, 52% drive themselves to work, while 6% walk.
40.0% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area, leaving the town far below the Queensland average for service access.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Daily travel is a significant commitment for residents, as the drive time to the city is 119 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
119
Higher than 80% 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 Talgai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32723/talgai/topic/transport