5.6% ▼ -25.1%
Higher than 50% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bonner · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Bonner
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 20% of workers in Bonner now work from home, highlighting a shift toward flexible lifestyles in this large area. While the region is well-serviced by a high number of transport routes and stops, most residents still rely on their own cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is common, with 41.3% of homes having two vehicles and 6.8% owning four or more. Only 5.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bonner, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose 15 percentage points since 2016 to reach 19.7%, which is well above the Queensland figure. Public transport use for commuting is a little above the national average at 5%, though this is down from 9.6% in 2016.
19.7% —
Higher than 60% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.0% —
Higher than 79% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 5.0%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Bonner has 125 public transport routes and 807 stops, making it one of the largest at this level. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure, though the network is almost entirely buses.
807
Higher than 54% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.95
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,474.7
Higher than 69% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
125
Higher than 88% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical trip to the city takes 16 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. However, it takes longer than in most places to get to the nearest stop, with a typical walk of 9 minutes.
9
Higher than 58% of federal electorate areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
16
Lower than 80% of federal electorate areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bonner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED302/bonner/topic/transport