Site navigation
 
Department of Transport and Main Roads

Fast facts

Abbreviations

  • B: Billion
  • M: Million
  • Km: Kilometres
  • ↑: Increased from last year
  • ↓: Decreased from last year
  • ↔: No change from last year
Population statistics
Category Change in value Value
Population of Queensland (Dec 2024)* 5.61M
Population Growth (Dec 2023 to Dec 2024) 1.90%
Infrastructure
Category Change in value Value
Total investment in transport infrastructure program*
*includes Queensland Rail and Gold Coast Waterways Authority
8.72 B
Maintenance and operation of the state transport network $1.23 B
Roads reconstructed through natural disaster program 332 Km
State-controlled road network 33,457 Km
Investment in cycling and walking by the Active Transport Program $43.7 M
National network 5,049 Km
Bridges owned and maintained 3,260
Expenditure on natural disaster repairs $670 M
Customer touchpoints
Category Change in value Value
QldTraffic x posts 56,703
QldTraffic app downloads 143,708
QldTraffic website visits 6.7 M
Queensland Government agency programs led by TMR 33
Face-to-face services provided to customers across customer service centres 6,180,476
Customer transactions conducted using electronic self-service channels 16,459,517
Customer service centres 91
Licence and registration
Category Change in value Value
Vehicles registered 6,320,781
Written driving tests conducted 150,976
Practical driving tests taken 182,962
Driver licences 4,257,206
Recreational boat licences 1,054,274
Recreational boats registered 278,445
Personal watercraft licences 289,324
Personal watercraft registered 38,216
Accredited transport operators 1,210
imousine licences 480
Taxi service licences 3,247
Authorised booking entities 637
Booked hire service licences 21,690
Average subsidy per trip provided through taxi subsidy scheme $11.58
Passenger trips provided through the taxi subsidy scheme 1,276,247
Authorised drivers of public transport 57,366
On-road intercepts 11,162
Public transport
Category Change in value Value
Passenger trips on bus, rail, ferry, and tram within South East Queensland 192.88 M
Gold Coast tram daily passengers 37,880
MyTranslink and Translink app active monthly users 470,000
go cards used in South East Queensland 2,633,595
Average passenger trips per day on South East Queensland network 528,446
Passenger trips on bus, rail, ferry, and air outside South East Queensland 14.26 M
Maritime
Category Change in value Value
Tonnes of cargo moved through government-owned corporation ports 284.4 M
Tonnes of freight moved on the surface network in 2023-24 961 M
Ship movements in Queensland ports 28,794
Ship movements in the ReefVTS monitored region 11,512
Derelict vessels removed from Queensland waterways this year 283
Value spent on boating capital projects $3.3 M
Electric vehicles
Category Change in value Value
Queensland EV registrations 64,625
Queensland electric super highway charging sites 51
Our people
Category Change in value Value
Average length of service 10 Years
Temporary 7%
Casual 20%
Permanent 73%
Women in leadership roles 37%
Non-corporate roles 84%
Full-time equivalents 8,132
Last updated
29 September 2025