Bundaberg Surrounds - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Bundaberg Surrounds - South

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

Very few people in Bundaberg Surrounds - South go without a car, with only 2.7% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households rely heavily on their own transport, as public transit options are virtually non-existent here.

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📍 Bundaberg Surrounds - South, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are common, with 39.4% of homes owning two vehicles and another 25.8% having three or more. This reliance on private transport is reflected in the fact that the share of car-free homes fell to 2.7% since 2011.

2.7% ▼ -33.8%

Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 4.1%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 2021: 2.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Bundaberg Surrounds - South, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 62% of people commuting as a driver. Only 9.9% of the workforce works from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%, while public transport use is low at 1.8%.

9.9% ▲ +1.6%

Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 9.7%
  • 2016: 9.6%
  • 2021: 9.9%

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

1.8% ▼ -2.8%

Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 1.8%
  • 2016: 0.8%
  • 2021: 1.8%

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 Bundaberg Surrounds - South, Car (driver) is the majority at 74%; Worked at home is next at 12%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is entirely unavailable in this area, with no routes or stops. This leaves the region with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the Queensland average of 720.7.

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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.

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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).

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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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bundaberg Surrounds - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/319011499/bundaberg-surrounds-south/topic/transport