0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 total reliance on cars defines travel in Gladstone, where every single home now owns at least one motor vehicle. This shift reflects a community where private transport is essential, as there are no public transport routes or stops available in the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in Gladstone lacks a motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Tasmania and Australia. Most households are well equipped, with 34.7% owning two vehicles and 18.4% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gladstone, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking and driving are the only ways people get to work, with 12.5% walking and 55% driving. While 10% of the workforce works from home—a little above the Tasmanian figure—this is far below the national average.
10.0% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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 non-existent here, with zero routes and stops. This puts Gladstone far below the state average for transport access and weekly departures per person.
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 Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60226/gladstone/topic/transport