Stanthorpe · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Stanthorpe

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

Far more people in Stanthorpe are now working from home than in 2011, though car travel remains the primary way to get around. While 6.8% of workers now use a home office, the town's reliance on private transport is high, with nearly 9% of households lacking a motor vehicle.

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📍 Stanthorpe, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 8.9% of homes in Stanthorpe have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Queensland figure. Most households have one or two cars, though the number of homes without a vehicle has risen slightly since 2011.

8.9% ▲ +11.6%

Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 8.0%
  • 2016: 24.3%
  • 2021: 8.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Stanthorpe, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (10%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Almost every worker relies on a car, with 65.8% driving and 7.2% travelling as passengers. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, and the 6.8% who work from home is far below the national figure.

6.8% ▲ +242.1%

Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 1.5%
  • 2021: 6.8%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Stanthorpe, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Car (passenger) is next at 8%.

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 Stanthorpe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315090/stanthorpe/topic/transport