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Transport & Vehicles in Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part)

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

Far more people work from home in Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part) than in most similar areas. While most residents rely on cars to get around, there has been a shift toward flexible working since 2011. This reflects a mix of traditional commuting patterns and a growing number of people avoiding the daily trip to the office.

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📍 Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part), Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own at least one car, with 39.1% having two vehicles. Only 5% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but has fallen slightly since 2011.

Homes with no motor vehicle

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5.0% ▼ -24.7%

Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part) splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.

2 vehicles 39.1% 1 vehicle 36.5% 3 vehicles 12.6% 4 or more 6.8% No vehicle 5.0%

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is much more common here than in most similar areas, rising to 13.7% since 2011. Despite this, the typical person still drives to work, while only 1.8% use public transport, which is a little below the national figure.

People working from home

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13.7% ▲ +160.5%

Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.

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

Commuting by public transport

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1.8% ▼ -36.2%

Higher than 86% of urban centre 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.

How people get to work

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In Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part), Car (driver) is the majority at 74%; Worked at home is next at 16%.

Car (driver) 62.9% Worked at home 13.7% Car (passenger) 3.9% Walked 2.0% Bicycle 0.7% Bus 0.7% Train 0.6%

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 Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL302001/gold-coast-tweed-heads/topic/transport