North Burnett · Council (LGA)

Transport & Vehicles in North Burnett

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

Almost every household in North Burnett relies on a car to get around, with only 4.7% of homes having no motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on private transport is mirrored in how people get to work, where the vast majority drive or work from home.

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📍 North Burnett, Council (LGA)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least one car, and 34.9% have two. The number of households without a vehicle has fallen slightly since 2011, landing a little below the Queensland and national figures.

4.7% ▼ -22.7%

Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 6.0%
  • 2016: 5.7%
  • 2021: 4.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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North Burnett splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work, with 55% of people as the driver. While 15.3% work from home—which is a little above the Queensland figure—only 1% use public transport, a rate a little below the rest of the state.

15.3% ▲ +4.7%

Higher than 66% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 14.6%
  • 2016: 14.2%
  • 2021: 15.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.0% ▼ -22.9%

Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 1.3%
  • 2016: 2.4%
  • 2021: 1.0%

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 North Burnett, Car (driver) is the majority at 64%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There is no public transport infrastructure in the area, with zero routes or stops. This puts North Burnett far below the Queensland average for transport access and departures per person.

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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).

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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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in North Burnett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35760/north-burnett/topic/transport