Taunton · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Taunton

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A shift towards remote work has become a major feature of life in Taunton, where 36.4% of people now work from home. This is far above the national figure of 21% and highlights a strong reliance on private transport and digital connectivity over traditional commuting.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Taunton has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.4% of Australian households without one. Most homes are well equipped, with 60.8% owning either two or three vehicles.

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.

Motor vehicles per home

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Taunton splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (35%), with 1 vehicle at 30%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Half of the workforce drives to work and 36.4% work from home, a figure far above the Queensland average of 14.1%. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work.

36.4% —

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 13.3%
  • 2021: 36.4%

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.

How people get to work

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In Taunton, Car (driver) is the majority at 58%; Worked at home is next at 42%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in Taunton, leaving the area far below the Queensland average for transit access.

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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).

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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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Taunton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32760/taunton/topic/transport