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.
The Gums · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in The Gums
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in The Gums than in most similar areas, with 41.3% of the workforce doing so. This high rate of remote work is paired with a total reliance on private cars for those who do travel, as no one uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. Most households have two vehicles, while about 22.6% have either one or three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In The Gums, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 42.5% of workers drive themselves, the 41.3% who work from home is far above the national figure. This explains why 0.0% of the population uses public transport to commute, a result well below the Australian average.
41.3% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.9%
- 2021: 41.3%
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. Consequently, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure.
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 Gums [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32793/the-gums/topic/transport