Ravenshoe · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Ravenshoe

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

Fewer people are working from home and relying on cars in Ravenshoe (L) compared to a decade ago. While 10.2% of homes still have no motor vehicle, this is a decline from 2011. Most residents rely on private cars or walking to get around this small town.

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📍 Ravenshoe, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 10.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. The most common setup is one vehicle per home, seen in 47.1% of households.

10.2% ▼ -17.0%

Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 12.3%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 10.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Ravenshoe, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (10%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here uses public transport to get to work, and only 5.4% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%. Instead, 46.5% drive to work and 16.2% walk.

5.4% ▼ -61.3%

Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 13.9%
  • 2016: 5.9%
  • 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: 1.8%
  • 2016: 2.4%
  • 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 Ravenshoe, Car (driver) is the majority at 63%; Walked is next at 22%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Ravenshoe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321088/ravenshoe/topic/transport