Airlie Beach - Cannonvale · Urban Area

Transport & Vehicles in Airlie Beach - Cannonvale

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

More people use public transport to get to work in Airlie Beach - Cannonvale than in most similar areas. While the area relies heavily on cars, nearly 13% of workers simply walk to their jobs. This mix of transport options stands out against typical patterns for similar regions.

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📍 Airlie Beach - Cannonvale, Urban Area

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 7% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households own one or two vehicles, though the number of car-free homes fell slightly since 2011.

7.0% ▼ -14.1%

Higher than 71% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 8.2%
  • 2016: 6.8%
  • 2021: 7.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Airlie Beach - Cannonvale splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 7.2%. While 48.7% of workers drive a car, the 4% who use public transport is among the highest for this level of area, despite a drop since 2011.

7.2% ▲ +83.8%

Lower than 59% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 3.9%
  • 2016: 4.5%
  • 2021: 7.2%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

4.0% ▼ -58.8%

Higher than 96% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 9.6%
  • 2016: 8.8%
  • 2021: 4.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Airlie Beach - Cannonvale, Car (driver) is the majority at 63%; Walked is next at 17%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Airlie Beach - Cannonvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3001/airlie-beach-cannonvale/topic/transport