5.7% ▲ +57.8%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Boonah · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 61% of working residents in Boonah drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. Most households rely on their own transport, while very few people use public options to commute. This reflects a community where private vehicles are essential for daily life.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Boonah have one or two cars, and 40.3% have exactly one vehicle. While 5.7% of households have no motor vehicle, this figure has risen since 2011 and is now about the same as the Queensland average.
5.7% ▲ +57.8%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Boonah splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
How people travel to work.
Working from home has grown to 8.6% since 2011, though this remains far below the national figure of 21%. Very few people use public transport for work, at just 0.3%, which is a little below the state and national averages.
8.6% ▲ +402.7%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -93.4%
Higher than 61% 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 Boonah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315009/boonah/topic/transport