7.0% ▲ +63.9%
Higher than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Toowoomba South · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Toowoomba South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A very small number of people use public transport to get to work in Toowoomba South, where the vast majority rely on cars. While most homes have at least one vehicle, the proportion of households without a car has risen to 7.0% since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, but 7.0% of households have no motor vehicle. This is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Toowoomba South splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant choice, with 70.9% of people commuting as a driver. Very few people use public transport (0.4%), a figure that is among the lowest for its level and fell 2.6 points since 2011. Working from home is also far less common here than across Australia, at just 6.3%.
6.3% ▲ +30.6%
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -87.4%
Lower than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 provided entirely by buses, with 4.28 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Queensland figure of 2.99. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average.
246
Lower than 54% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.28
Lower than 57% 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).
397.6
Lower than 74% 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).
6
Lower than 91% 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 Toowoomba South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30087/toowoomba-south/topic/transport