4.8% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Burnett · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in South Burnett
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes without cars has been the main shift in South Burnett since 2011. Most people here rely heavily on their own vehicles to get around, as there is almost no public transport available. Only 4.8% of households live without a motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common, with 36.1% of homes owning two vehicles and 15% owning three. The proportion of homes without a vehicle fell slightly since 2011 to 4.8%, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →South Burnett splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 65.3% of people being the driver. Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 9.5% of people doing so, and just 0.9% use public transport.
9.5% ▲ +15.7%
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -34.8%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 almost non-existent in the region, with no stops or routes recorded. This puts the area far below the Queensland average for transport access 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in South Burnett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36630/south-burnett/topic/transport