Mudgeeraba · State Electorate

Transport & Vehicles in Mudgeeraba

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

Only 2.3% of Mudgeeraba homes lack a motor vehicle, making it one of the most car-dependent areas in the region. This reliance on private cars is reflected in the low use of public transport for commuting and limited access to transit stops.

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📍 Mudgeeraba, State Electorate

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households have multiple cars, with 42.8% owning two and another 26% owning three or more. Far fewer homes are without a car compared to the Queensland figure of 5.8%.

2.3% ▼ -27.0%

Lower than 93% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 3.1%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 2.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Mudgeeraba, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 64.3% of people as the driver. Only 0.9% use public transport, which is much lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011.

15.2% ▲ +141.6%

Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 6.3%
  • 2016: 7.1%
  • 2021: 15.2%

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

0.9% ▼ -54.4%

Lower than 78% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Mudgeeraba, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is sparse here, with only 1.99 stops per 1,000 people, well below the Queensland figure of 2.99. This lack of access is seen in the 299.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state average.

1.99

Lower than 89% 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).

299.4

Lower than 79% 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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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Mudgeeraba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30059/mudgeeraba/topic/transport