McConnel · State Electorate

Transport & Vehicles in McConnel

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

Nearly 24% of homes in McConnel have no motor vehicle, a figure that has jumped 17 points since 2011. This makes it one of the areas where people are most likely to live without a car, reflecting a shift toward more flexible travel and working options.

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📍 McConnel, State Electorate

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 23.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the 5.8% seen across Queensland. Most remaining households keep one car, while 18.3% have two.

23.3% ▲ +275.9%

Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 6.2%
  • 2016: 5.1%
  • 2021: 23.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In McConnel, 1 vehicle is the majority at 54%; No vehicle is next at 23%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here at 23.1%, well above the state figure. This flexibility is reflected in the commute, where 10.3% use public transport—a rate well above the national average of 3.1%.

23.1% ▲ +274.6%

Higher than 74% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 6.2%
  • 2016: 6.6%
  • 2021: 23.1%

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

10.3% ▲ +230.2%

Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 3.1%
  • 2016: 2.9%
  • 2021: 10.3%

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 McConnel, the largest group is Car (driver) at 34%, followed by Worked at home (28%) and Walked (20%).

Public transport access

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

Public transport is highly available, with 378 stops and 334 routes. The area has 4,478.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far above the Queensland figure of 720.7.

5.54

Higher than 70% 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).

4,478.5

Higher 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 McConnel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30052/mcconnel/topic/transport