2.6% ▼ -35.2%
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Burdekin · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Burdekin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero public transport stops are available across Burdekin, making it an area where almost everyone relies on their own car. Only 2.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This heavy dependence on private transport defines how people move and work in the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 39.9% having two and 28.5% having three or more. This helps explain why the share of homes without a vehicle is so low and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Burdekin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 65% of people as the main driver. Very few people use public transport to commute (0.4%), and the 10.7% who work from home is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
10.7% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -61.0%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 no routes or stops serving the area. This means there are no weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure that is far below the Queensland average.
0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Burdekin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/318011461/burdekin/topic/transport