5.5% ▲ +96.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Thulimbah · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Thulimbah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few areas have as limited transport options as Thulimbah, where no one uses public transport to get to work. Private cars are essential here, as the typical trip to the city takes a very long 141 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 32.8% owning one vehicle and 28.9% owning two. About 5.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas but about the same as the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Thulimbah splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (33%) and 2 vehicles (29%), with 3 vehicles at 20%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Car travel is the primary way to get to work, with 53.4% of people driving and another 11.3% travelling as passengers. Only 11.3% of people work from home, which is well below the national figure of 21%.
11.3% ▲ +7.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 11.3%
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: 4.2%
- 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 routes or stops in the area. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the Queensland average of 721.
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 to the city is a significant undertaking, with a drive time of 141 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
141
Higher than 88% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Thulimbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32821/thulimbah/topic/transport