1.5% ▼ -27.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
The Dawn · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in The Dawn
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 103-minute drive to the city defines the remoteness of The Dawn. This is a place where car ownership is essential for daily life, with almost every household owning at least one vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 44.6% of homes having two vehicles and 22.1% having three. Only 1.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In The Dawn, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 65.9% as the driver and 8.3% as a passenger. No one uses public transport to commute, and the 12% who work from home is well below the Australian figure of 21%.
12.0% ▲ +72.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 12.0%
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, with zero routes and stops in the area. This leaves the area far below the Queensland average for both 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is difficult without a car, as there are no nearby transit options. For those who do walk to the nearest stop, it takes 40 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
40
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
103
Higher than 71% 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).
More for The Dawn
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in The Dawn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32787/the-dawn/topic/transport