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.
Dauan Island · Urban Centre
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.
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.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Dauan Island, No vehicle is the majority at 81%; 1 vehicle is next at 19%.
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.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
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.
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