Yugar · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Yugar

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Far fewer homes lack a car in Yugar than in the rest of the country, with 0% of households being without a vehicle. This makes the area much more reliant on private transport than the Queensland and national figures. Most residents depend on their own cars to get around the region.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Yugar has at least one motor vehicle. In fact, 83.3% of households own two or more cars, with nearly a fifth of homes owning four or more.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Yugar splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (31%), with 4 or more at 20%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

A quarter of the workforce works from home, which is far above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. For those who do travel, 52% drive themselves, while 2.5% use public transport.

25.0% ▲ +141.3%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.4%
  • 2016: 14.4%
  • 2021: 25.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

2.5% ▼ -21.2%

Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.1%
  • 2016: 2.1%
  • 2021: 2.5%

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.

How people get to work

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In Yugar, Car (driver) is the majority at 63%; Worked at home is next at 30%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is almost non-existent here, with no stops or routes serving the area. This leaves the community with far fewer options than the state average.

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.

How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It is a relatively short 25-minute drive to the city, which is much lower than most areas. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 45 minutes, a time that is much higher than in most other places.

45

Higher than 77% 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.

25

Lower than 79% 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)).
  • Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
  • 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 Yugar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33225/yugar/topic/transport