Airlie Beach - Cannonvale · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Airlie Beach - Cannonvale

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

More people have switched to working from home and using public transport in Airlie Beach - Cannonvale since 2011. While most residents still rely on cars, the number of homes without a motor vehicle has risen to 6.2%. This shift reflects a slow change in how people move and work across the area.

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📍 Airlie Beach - Cannonvale, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here have one or two cars, though 6.2% of households have no motor vehicle. This is higher than most similar areas and has risen by 1.8 percentage points since 2011.

6.2% ▲ +40.3%

Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.4%
  • 2016: 3.4%
  • 2021: 6.2%

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 (42%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 57.9% of people, while 7.8% work from home. This working-from-home rate is far below the national figure of 21%, although it has risen since 2011.

7.8% ▲ +76.9%

Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.4%
  • 2016: 4.5%
  • 2021: 7.8%

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

2.9% ▲ +120.8%

Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.3%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 2.9%

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 72%; Worked at home is next at 10%.

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/ucl/UCL313001/airlie-beach-cannonvale/topic/transport