5.8% ▼ -21.5%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bundaberg · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Bundaberg
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 70% of workers in Bundaberg drive themselves to work, showing a strong reliance on cars for the daily commute. While most homes own at least one vehicle, very few people work from home or use public transport to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have one or two cars, and the number of homes without any motor vehicle has fallen to 5.8% since 2011. This figure is about the same as the Queensland average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bundaberg splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 6.0% of people doing so. Public transport use is also very low, with only 0.8% of workers using it, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
6.0% ▲ +13.7%
Lower than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -36.5%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Bundaberg has more bus stops and routes than many similar areas, and 2.98 stops per 1,000 people is about the same as the Queensland average. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
296
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.98
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
151.7
Higher than 59% of council (lga) 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).
13
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bundaberg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA31820/bundaberg/topic/transport