8.6% ▼ -37.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
The Gap · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in The Gap
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people use public transport in The Gap (Mount Isa - Qld) than in most similar areas. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around, while almost no one uses buses or trains for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. The most common setup is one vehicle per home, seen in 43.5% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In The Gap, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a common choice for 8.5% of workers, but almost no one uses public transport or works from home. Only 0.9% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
0.9% ▲ +27.5%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 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. This lack of access means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the Queensland average.
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 The Gap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32791/the-gap/topic/transport