4.8% ▲ +22.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gladstone · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gladstone
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A strong reliance on cars defines travel in Gladstone, where 64.2% of workers drive themselves to their jobs. This dependence on private transport is reflected in the same area's high rate of multi-vehicle households.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 37.8% owning two and 14.1% owning three. Only 4.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the South Australian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Gladstone splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, while 0.0% of people use public transport, a figure well below the state and national averages. About 12.4% of workers work from home, which is a little above the South Australian average.
12.4% ▲ +22.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport is very limited, with only two routes and one stop. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure, and all available services are buses.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.34
Higher than 63% 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).
5.4
Higher than 58% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 transport stop is difficult for residents, as the typical walk to the nearest one takes 42 minutes, which is much higher than in most areas.
42
Higher than 75% 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 Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40497/gladstone/topic/transport