6.3% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bundaberg East - Kalkie · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Bundaberg East - Kalkie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer households in Bundaberg East - Kalkie are without a car than in 2011, though the area remains heavily reliant on private vehicles. Only 0.5% of people use public transport to get to work, and just 4.2% work from home, which is far below the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 37.1% owning two and 14.2% owning three. About 6.3% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen by 1.4 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bundaberg East - Kalkie splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to travel, with 74% of workers as the driver and 6.7% as a passenger. Very few people work from home at 4.2%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 14.1%.
4.2% ▲ +44.6%
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -59.7%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 options are limited, with only two routes and 15 stops serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average, and all available services are buses.
15
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.58
Lower than 74% 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).
169.2
Lower than 76% 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).
2
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 5 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for similar areas.
5
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bundaberg East - Kalkie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/319011496/bundaberg-east-kalkie/topic/transport