5.2% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Burdekin · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Burdekin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Burdekin than in the rest of the country, with only 7.5% of the workforce doing so. This gap highlights a heavy reliance on physical travel, as the area has almost no public transport infrastructure to support commuters.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 39.1% owning two vehicles. Only 5.2% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Burdekin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 66.9% of people as the main driver. Only 1.6% use public transport, which is a little below the national figure and has barely changed over the last decade.
7.5% ▲ +11.2%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
Public transport is virtually non-existent here, with zero stops and routes recorded. This puts Burdekin far below the Queensland average for both the number of stops and weekly departures.
0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 Burdekin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA31900/burdekin/topic/transport