Dauan Island · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Dauan Island

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

Daily travel is very different on Dauan Island, where a huge 71% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is far above the national figure and marks a steep increase since 2011. Most people rely on walking or local means to get around the small island.

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📍 Dauan Island, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few households own cars, with 71% having no motor vehicle at all. This is far above the Queensland figure of 5.8%, and the number of carless homes rose 60 points since 2011.

71.0% ▲ +560.9%

Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 10.7%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 71.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Dauan Island, No vehicle is the majority at 81%; 1 vehicle is next at 19%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Walking is the most common way to get to work for 54.3% of residents. No one here works from home or uses public transport, which is far below the national figures.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.0%
  • 2016: 3.5%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Dauan Island, Walked is the majority at 58%; Car (passenger) is next at 24%.

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 Dauan Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322033/dauan-island/topic/transport