Proston · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Proston

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

Nearly one in ten homes in Proston now have no motor vehicle, a figure that has risen sharply from nothing in 2011. This is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Queensland rate. Most residents rely on cars or walking to get around this small locality.

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📍 Proston, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 9.2% of households have no car, which is a little above the national figure. For those who do own vehicles, 41.2% have one car and another 41.2% have two.

9.2% ▲ —

Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 9.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Proston splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (40%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one in Proston uses public transport or works from home, with these figures falling since 2011. Instead, 57.7% of workers drive themselves to work and 16.9% walk.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.4%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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

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Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.2%
  • 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 Proston, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Walked is next at 21%.

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 Proston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322099/proston/topic/transport