Black River · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Black River

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

Zero homes without a car marks the stark difference in transport for Black River (L) compared to the rest of the country. This is a car-dependent area where every single household owns at least one vehicle, making it far more reliant on private transport than typical Queensland or Australian suburbs.

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📍 Black River, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost 44% of homes have two vehicles, and 16.7% own four or more. This high level of ownership is a significant shift from 2011, when 12.1% of households had no motor vehicle.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 12.1%
  • 2016: 8.6%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Black River, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Car travel is the only real option here, with 75.1% of people driving to work and 0.0% using public transport. Only 3.4% of workers operate from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.

3.4% ▲ +15.0%

Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.0%
  • 2016: 8.5%
  • 2021: 3.4%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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 Black River, Car (driver) is the majority at 92%; Worked at home is next at 4%.

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 Black River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321014/black-river/topic/transport