Agnes Water · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Agnes Water

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

More people work from home in Agnes Water than in most similar areas. While the vast majority of households rely on cars, about 16% of the local workforce now operates from their own residence. This represents a significant shift in how people get to work compared to a decade ago.

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📍 Agnes Water, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here have one or two cars, though the number of households without any motor vehicle rose to 5% since 2011. This figure is slightly lower than the national average of 7.4%.

5.0% ▲ +410.1%

Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.0%
  • 2016: 1.3%
  • 2021: 5.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Agnes Water splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (42%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home has jumped 12 points since 2011 to reach 15.9%, which is a little above the Queensland figure. Driving remains the most common way to get to work at 47.6%, while 1.8% use public transport, a rate much higher than in most similar areas.

15.9% ▲ +295.4%

Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.0%
  • 2016: 4.5%
  • 2021: 15.9%

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

1.8% ▲ +48.7%

Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.2%
  • 2016: 1.5%
  • 2021: 1.8%

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 Agnes Water, Car (driver) is the majority at 57%; Worked at home is next at 19%.

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 Agnes Water [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315001/agnes-water/topic/transport