Sandstone Point - Ningi · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Sandstone Point - Ningi

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.

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📍 Sandstone Point - Ningi, Urban Centre

Vehicles

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.

  • 2016: 2.2%
  • 2021: 2.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Sandstone Point - Ningi splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.

Getting to work

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.

  • 2016: 11.0%
  • 2021: 12.1%

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

1.1%

Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.7%
  • 2021: 1.1%

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 Sandstone Point - Ningi, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 15%.

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 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