4.9% —
Lower than 75% of urban area areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Yeppoon · Urban Area
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people work from home in Yeppoon, with only 6.6% doing so. This is far below the national figure and shows a community that mostly travels to physical workplaces. Most residents rely heavily on private cars to get around and get to work.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high here, with 40.1% of homes owning two vehicles and 14.2% owning three. Only 4.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than most similar areas.
4.9% —
Lower than 75% of urban area areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Yeppoon, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 66.5% of people being the driver. While 1.6% use public transport—which is much higher than in most similar areas—it remains a little below the Queensland and national figures.
6.6% —
Lower than 63% of urban area areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% —
Higher than 83% of urban area areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Yeppoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3019/yeppoon/topic/transport