2.7% ▼ -50.2%
Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lockyer · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Lockyer
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes without cars than a decade ago defines transport in Lockyer, where only 2.7% of households lack a vehicle. This area relies heavily on private transport for daily life. The lack of public options means almost everyone depends on a car to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with only 2.7% of homes lacking a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. Most households have at least two cars, with 38.9% owning exactly two and 31.7% owning three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lockyer, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, as only 0.7% of people use public transport. Working from home has risen to 9.8% since 2011, though this is still far below the Australian figure of 21%.
9.8% ▲ +84.1%
Lower than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -40.5%
Lower than 83% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 29 stops and 2 routes serving the area. This results in just 28.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.
29
Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.55
Lower than 97% 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).
28.2
Lower than 98% 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).
2
Lower than 97% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Lockyer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30043/lockyer/topic/transport