7.3% ▲ +31.2%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Douglas - Craiglie · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Port Douglas - Craiglie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Port Douglas - Craiglie than in the rest of the country. While 10.5% of workers avoid the commute, this is far below the national figure of 21%. Most residents rely on cars to get around, though a small number of households live without one.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas and has risen since 2011. For those who do own cars, nearly half of all households have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Port Douglas - Craiglie, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (7%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 49.3% of people, while 9.3% walk. Public transport use is very low at 1.4%, though this is a slight increase from 2011 when no one used it to commute.
10.5% ▲ +100.7%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▲ —
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
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 Port Douglas - Craiglie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315080/port-douglas-craiglie/topic/transport