Quilpie · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Quilpie

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

Driving is the primary way to get around in Quilpie, with 61.5% of workers using a car to get to their jobs. Most households own multiple cars, though the number of homes without any vehicle has risen to 4.7% since 2011.

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📍 Quilpie, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have one or two cars, with 38.9% owning one and 36.3% owning two. The 4.7% of homes without a vehicle is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.

4.7% ▲ —

Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.6%
  • 2021: 4.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Quilpie splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport is not used for commuting here, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.1%. Very few people work from home at 3.7%, a level far below the national figure of 21.0%.

3.7% ▲ +116.4%

Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.7%
  • 2016: 6.7%
  • 2021: 3.7%

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: 1.7%
  • 2016: 4.5%
  • 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 Quilpie, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Walked is next at 19%.

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 Quilpie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322100/quilpie/topic/transport