3.5% ▼ -51.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Trinity Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Trinity Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Vehicle ownership and commuting habits in Trinity Beach have remained largely steady over the last decade. Most households rely on cars to get around, though the area has a surprisingly high number of public transport stops compared to similar places. The typical home here is likely to own at least one car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.5% of homes in Trinity Beach have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own either one or two vehicles, with each group making up 39.9% of the area.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Trinity Beach splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (40%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 56% of people. Working from home is common for 15.3% of residents, which is a little above the Queensland figure, while only 1.1% use public transport.
15.3% ▲ +175.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -64.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
Trinity Beach has 24 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is more than about 82% to 90% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most areas and about the same as the state average.
24
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.64
Higher than 72% 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).
712.6
Higher than 82% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 a transit point is easier here than in most areas, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes only 3 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
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 Trinity Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32872/trinity-beach/topic/transport