56.6% ▲ +19.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.3%
- 2016: 51.8%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Whitsundays · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Whitsundays
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has shifted significantly in Whitsundays, where 56.6% of homes now have no motor vehicle. This is far above the national figure and highlights a local trend toward a more car-free lifestyle. Most residents rely on walking or public transport to get around the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
More than half of all homes here have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the 7.4% seen across Australia. Only about 33% of households own a single car, while just 10.7% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Whitsundays, No vehicle is the majority at 54%; 1 vehicle is next at 31%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is the most common way to get to work at 44.3%, while 8.8% use public transport, which is well above the national figure. Very few people work from home, at just 1.9%, far below the Australian average of 21%.
1.9% ▲ +119.6%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.8% ▲ +90.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 8.8%
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 leaves the local network far below the Queensland average of 2.99 stops per 1,000 people.
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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Whitsundays [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33066/whitsundays/topic/transport