Glass House Mountains · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Glass House Mountains

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

Far fewer households go without a car in Glass House Mountains than across the state or nation. Only 1.7% of homes lack a motor vehicle, making it an area where most residents rely heavily on their own transport to get around.

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📍 Glass House Mountains, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes are well-equipped for travel, with 41.7% owning two vehicles and another 28.9% having three or more. The share of homes without a car has dropped sharply, falling 9.0 percentage points since 2011.

1.7% ▼ -84.4%

Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 10.6%
  • 2016: 51.4%
  • 2021: 1.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Glass House Mountains, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 64.6% of residents, though 12.0% now work from home, a figure that rose 7.1 percentage points since 2011. Public transport use is rare at 1.5%, which is a little below the Queensland figure.

12.0% ▲ +148.1%

Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.8%
  • 2016: 1.2%
  • 2021: 12.0%

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

1.5% ▲ —

Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 8.7%
  • 2021: 1.5%

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 Glass House Mountains, Car (driver) is the majority at 78%; Worked at home is next at 14%.

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 Glass House Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315037/glass-house-mountains/topic/transport