5.8% ▼ -21.8%
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Queensland · State / Territory
Transport & Vehicles in Queensland
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive 15,436 public transport stops serve Queensland, though the state relies heavily on private cars for travel. Most households own at least one vehicle, and the number of homes without a car has fallen to 5.8% over the last decade.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most Queensland homes have one or two cars, with 38.1% owning two and 35.8% owning one. Only 5.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Queensland splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose by 9.2 points since 2011 to reach 14.1%, though this is still well below the Australian figure of 21%. Most people commute by car, while use of public transport fell to 3.0% over the last decade.
14.1% ▲ +189.4%
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% ▼ -46.5%
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 3.0%
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.
Queensland has a high number of transport routes and stops, but there are much fewer stops per person than in most other areas. Buses are the main option, making up 95.8% of the network.
15,436
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.99
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
720.7
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).
721
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 Queensland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ste/3/queensland/topic/transport