7.4% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tin Can Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tin Can Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far lower frequency of public transport trips than the state average defines Tin Can Bay, where most people rely on their own cars. While the area has a fair few transport stops, very few residents use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Queensland figure. Most households keep one or two vehicles, with 49.7% having just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tin Can Bay, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 50%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (8%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Car travel is the main way to get to work, with 52.2% of people driving. Only 1.0% use public transport, and 11.7% work from home, which is well below the national figure.
11.7% ▲ +65.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▲ —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
The area has 8 stops and one bus route, meaning there are more stops per person than in many other areas. However, the 30.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.49
Higher than 71% 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).
30.5
Higher than 61% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Tin Can Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32826/tin-can-bay/topic/transport