9.3% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Townsville · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Townsville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people rely on public transport than in most areas, making the car the primary way to get around Townsville. While 9.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, the vast majority of residents depend on cars for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.3% of homes in Townsville have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households have one or two cars, though this number of car-free homes has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Townsville, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 1.1% of workers use public transport, a figure that is a little below the national average and has fallen since 2011. Very few people work from home here at 6.0%, which is far below the 21.0% seen across Australia.
6.0% ▲ +247.4%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -81.4%
Lower than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
Townsville relies entirely on buses for public transport. There are 4.84 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Queensland figure of 2.99, and weekly departures are also well above the state average.
244
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.84
Higher than 55% 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).
978.1
Lower than 51% 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).
14
Lower than 79% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Townsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30088/townsville/topic/transport