Tamborine Mountain · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Tamborine Mountain

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

Working from home has surged in Tamborine Mountain, with 20.5% of people now doing so compared to just 3.4% in 2016. This shift highlights a move away from traditional commuting in a place where cars are essential for almost every household.

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📍 Tamborine Mountain, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home here owns a car, with only 1.8% having none—a figure well below the national average. Most households keep two vehicles, while 16.1% have three.

1.8%

Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 1.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Tamborine Mountain, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 56.6% of residents, while 20.5% work from home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Public transport use is very low at 0.4% and has fallen since 2016.

20.5%

Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 3.4%
  • 2021: 20.5%

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

0.4%

Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 1.3%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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 Tamborine Mountain, Car (driver) is the majority at 68%; Worked at home is next at 25%.

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 Tamborine Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314022/tamborine-mountain/topic/transport