Innisfail · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Innisfail

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

Over 62% of workers in Innisfail drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most homes have a vehicle, a surprising 12.7% of households have none, which is much higher than the national figure.

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📍 Innisfail, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Around 12.7% of homes in Innisfail have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the Queensland average of 5.8%. This is much higher than most areas, though the number has fallen by 3 percentage points since 2011.

12.7% ▼ -19.3%

Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 15.7%
  • 2016: 1.2%
  • 2021: 12.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Innisfail, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Only 3.9% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%. This is much lower than most areas, and the 2.3% who use public transport to commute is about the same as the state and national averages.

3.9% ▲ +18.6%

Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.3%
  • 2016: 4.8%
  • 2021: 3.9%

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

2.3% ▲ +40.9%

Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.6%
  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 2021: 2.3%

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 Innisfail, Car (driver) is the majority at 72%; Car (passenger) is next at 16%.

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 Innisfail [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314013/innisfail/topic/transport