8.6% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Macleay Island · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Macleay Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
One in five residents now work from home on Macleay Island, a figure that has surged since 2011. This shift reflects a community where remote work is far more common than in most similar areas, though most people still rely on cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Over half of homes have one vehicle, while 28.1% have two. About 8.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and slightly above the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Macleay Island, 1 vehicle is the majority at 55%; 2 vehicles is next at 28%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 20%, well above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. While 30.1% of people drive to work, those using public transport rose to 2.1% since 2011, a rate much higher than in most similar areas.
20.0% ▲ +569.6%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▲ +1020.4%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.2%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 2.1%
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.
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 Macleay Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315055/macleay-island/topic/transport