2.3% ▼ -74.9%
Lower than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Theodore · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Theodore
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 67% of working residents in Theodore drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. This reliance on private transport is reflected in very high car ownership rates across the area. Public transport use is minimal and the local network is quite small.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home in Theodore has a car, with only 2.3% of households owning none. This is well below the national figure of 7.4% and represents a 6.7 point drop since 2011. Most homes are well equipped, with 43.5% owning two vehicles and over a quarter of homes having three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Theodore, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose by 9.2 points since 2011 to reach 12.1%, though this remains well below the Australian figure of 21%. Very few people use public transport to commute, at just 1.3%, which is a little below the state and national figures.
12.1% ▲ +323.1%
Lower than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▲ +124.8%
Lower than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 1.3%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is limited here, with only 2.71 stops per 1,000 people, which is much lower than most similar areas. Weekly departures are also far below the Queensland figure, and the network relies almost entirely on buses.
161
Lower than 75% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.71
Lower than 85% 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).
298.7
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).
25
Lower than 54% 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 Theodore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30083/theodore/topic/transport