Armstrong Beach · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Armstrong Beach

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

Only 2% of homes in Armstrong Beach have no motor vehicle, making it far more reliant on cars than most Australian areas. The vast majority of residents depend on private transport, as very few people work from home compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Armstrong Beach, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households here own multiple cars, with 44.4% having two and 18% having three. This high rate of ownership means the share of homes without a vehicle is well below the Queensland and national figures.

2.0% ▲ —

Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.8%
  • 2021: 2.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Armstrong Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 72.4% of residents. Very few people work from home at 5.9%, which is far below the national figure, while public transport use has risen slightly to 2.4% since 2011.

5.9% ▼ -21.8%

Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.5%
  • 2016: 1.4%
  • 2021: 5.9%

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

2.4% ▲ —

Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 2.9%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Armstrong Beach, Car (driver) is the majority at 84%; Worked at home is next at 7%.

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 Armstrong Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321005/armstrong-beach/topic/transport