Horseshoe Bay · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Horseshoe Bay

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

A sharp drop in car-free living marks the recent transport shift in Horseshoe Bay (L), where the share of homes without a vehicle fell by 30 percentage points since 2011. Most residents now rely on cars, though a growing number are working from home.

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📍 Horseshoe Bay, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 4.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Nearly half of all households have one vehicle, while 35.4% have two.

4.7% ▼ -86.4%

Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 34.8%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 4.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Horseshoe Bay, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (8%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 46.1% of people, though 12.6% now work from home, a figure that rose 13 percentage points since 2011. Public transport use is among the highest for its area type at 3.5%, which is about the same as the national rate.

12.6% ▲ —

Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 4.7%
  • 2021: 12.6%

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

3.5% ▲ +223.6%

Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.1%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 3.5%

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 Horseshoe Bay, Car (driver) is the majority at 66%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

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 Horseshoe Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321054/horseshoe-bay/topic/transport