Maryborough · State Electorate

Transport & Vehicles in Maryborough

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

Zero public transport stops are available for residents in Maryborough, making it an area where most people rely on their own cars. This lack of transit options is a standout feature of the region, as almost everyone depends on private vehicles to get around.

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📍 Maryborough, State Electorate

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least one car, with 37.5% owning two vehicles. Only 5.4% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and is slightly lower than the national rate.

5.4% ▼ -24.5%

Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 7.2%
  • 2016: 6.0%
  • 2021: 5.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Maryborough splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 68.1% of people as the driver. Only 0.4% use public transport, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas, while 7.4% work from home—a figure well below the national average.

7.4% ▲ +46.3%

Lower than 79% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 5.1%
  • 2016: 5.5%
  • 2021: 7.4%

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

0.4% ▼ -55.7%

Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 0.8%
  • 2016: 0.9%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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 Maryborough, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Worked at home is next at 9%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport routes or stops in the area. With zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, transit access is far below the Queensland figure.

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Lower than 99% 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).

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Lower than 99% 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Maryborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30051/maryborough/topic/transport