4.9% ▲ +42.5%
Lower than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mermaid Beach · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Mermaid Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A heavy reliance on cars defines daily life in Mermaid Beach, where very few people use public transport to get to work. While most homes own at least one vehicle, a growing number of residents are now working from home, with this figure rising to 15.5% since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here have one or two cars, and only 4.9% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Mermaid Beach splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 1.7% of workers use public transport, which is lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011. Most people drive to work, though 15.5% now work from home—a figure well below the Australian average of 21%.
15.5% ▲ +144.4%
Higher than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -32.5%
Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 1.7%
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.
Bus services are the primary option, making up 96.9% of public transport use. While the number of stops is smaller than in many similar areas, the weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the Queensland figure.
173
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.22
Lower than 78% 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).
1,240.4
Higher than 60% 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).
22
Lower than 62% 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 Mermaid Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30053/mermaid-beach/topic/transport