2.2% —
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sandstone Point - Ningi · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few homes in Sandstone Point - Ningi go without a car compared to the rest of the country. Only 2.2% of households lack a motor vehicle, making this area much more car-reliant than the national average. This dependence on private transport is reflected in how people get to work and the limited use of public transit.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here has at least one vehicle, with 37.4% owning two and 13.1% owning three. The 2.2% of homes without a car is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8% and has barely changed since 2016.
2.2% —
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sandstone Point - Ningi splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
How people travel to work.
Most people drive themselves to work (63.5%), while 12.1% work from home, a figure that rose slightly since 2016. Only 1.1% use public transport, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures.
12.1% —
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% —
Higher than 77% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Sandstone Point - Ningi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314021/sandstone-point-ningi/topic/transport