4.4% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pumicestone · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Pumicestone
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people rely on public transport in Pumicestone than they did in 2011, as car use remains the dominant way to get around. Most homes here have at least one vehicle, and the area has seen a notable rise in people working from home over the last decade.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes in Pumicestone go without a car, with only 4.4% having no vehicle. This is lower than the national figure of 7.4% and has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pumicestone, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 62.2% of residents, while only 1.2% use public transport, which is lower than the state average. Meanwhile, 12.6% now work from home, a figure that rose by 7.1 points since 2011.
12.6% ▲ +129.8%
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -58.2%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
While there are 3.98 stops per 1,000 people—which is well above the Queensland figure—the actual service is limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average, and all available public transport is provided by buses.
208
Lower than 64% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.98
Lower than 63% 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).
359.3
Lower than 76% 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).
8
Lower than 89% 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 Pumicestone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30070/pumicestone/topic/transport