Mareeba - South · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Mareeba - South

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

Nearly 66% of workers in Mareeba - South (L) drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars. This is a place where almost every household owns a vehicle, making personal transport essential for daily life.

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📍 Mareeba - South, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the Queensland average. Most households are well-equipped, with 41.8% owning two cars and 26.4% owning three.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.0%
  • 2016: 2.2%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Mareeba - South, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (27%) and 1 vehicle (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport is not used for commuting here, which is well below the national figure. This matches the trend of working from home, which fell to 5.4% since 2011 and remains far below the Australian average.

5.4% ▼ -41.9%

Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 9.3%
  • 2016: 4.7%
  • 2021: 5.4%

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: 1.9%
  • 2016: 1.3%
  • 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 Mareeba - South, 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 Mareeba - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321071/mareeba-south/topic/transport