1.9% ▼ -27.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Taroomball · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Taroomball
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Taroomball relies on a car to get around, with only 1.9% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, highlighting how essential private transport is for daily life in the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, and over half of households own two vehicles. Very few residents go without a car, which is much lower than the 5.8% seen across Queensland.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Taroomball, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 68.4% of people as the driver. Only 5.6% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
5.6% ▲ +5.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -79.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 virtually non-existent here, with no stops or routes serving the area. This is far below the Queensland average of 2.99 stops 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 Taroomball [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32756/taroomball/topic/transport