11.1% ▲ +245.9%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Russell Island · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Russell Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more households on Russell Island go without a car than in most other Australian areas. While over half of homes have one vehicle, 11.1% of households have none at all. This is well above the national figure, marking a significant increase in carless homes since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well above the Queensland rate of 5.8%. Most households have either one vehicle (51.4%) or two (28.8%), while 6.4% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Russell Island, 1 vehicle is the majority at 51%; 2 vehicles is next at 29%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has jumped to 14.3%, though this remains well below the national figure of 21.0%. To get to work, 31.6% of people drive, while public transport use is much higher than in most similar areas at 2.4%.
14.3% ▲ +239.5%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.4% ▲ +82.1%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 Russell Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315086/russell-island/topic/transport