3.1% ▼ -51.8%
Lower than 83% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Barron River · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Barron River
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for almost everyone in Barron River, where only 3.1% of homes lack a motor vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in the very low use of public transport for commuting. Most residents depend on their own wheels to get around and access services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 42% of homes owning two vehicles and 13.1% having three. The share of homes without a vehicle is much lower than in most other areas and fell by 3.4 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Barron River, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, while only 0.9% of people use public transport—a figure that is much lower than most areas and fell sharply since 2011. About 14.1% of the workforce now works from home, which is a rise of 9.8 percentage points over a decade.
14.1% ▲ +229.3%
Higher than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -91.0%
Lower than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 options are limited, with only 10 routes and 166 stops available. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the Queensland figure, and all available services are buses.
166
Lower than 74% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.93
Lower than 82% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
554.1
Lower than 68% of state electorate 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).
10
Lower than 86% of state electorate 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 Barron River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30004/barron-river/topic/transport