Mudgeeraba - Tallebudgera · Sub-region (SA3)

Transport & Vehicles in Mudgeeraba - Tallebudgera

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

Almost every household in Mudgeeraba - Tallebudgera relies on a car, with only 1.5% of homes having no motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving reflects a landscape with very few public transport options and a long 65-minute drive to the city.

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📍 Mudgeeraba - Tallebudgera, Sub-region (SA3)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Owning a car is standard here, as the 1.5% of homes without one is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households have multiple cars, with 44.7% owning two and 18.6% owning three.

1.5% ▼ -21.1%

Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.

  • 2011: 1.9%
  • 2016: 1.3%
  • 2021: 1.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Mudgeeraba - Tallebudgera, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home rose by 9.4 percentage points since 2011 to reach 15.9%, which is a little above the state average. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.8%, which is lower than most areas.

15.9% ▲ +143.6%

Higher than 61% of sub-region (sa3) areas.

  • 2011: 6.5%
  • 2016: 7.7%
  • 2021: 15.9%

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

0.8% ▼ -57.0%

Lower than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.

  • 2011: 1.8%
  • 2016: 1.4%
  • 2021: 0.8%

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 Mudgeeraba - Tallebudgera, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 19%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is very limited, with only 5 routes and 54 stops. The 148.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7, and all available services are buses.

1.50

Lower than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.

Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).

148.2

Lower than 76% of sub-region (sa3) 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is dominated by the road, with a typical 65-minute drive time to the city, which is higher than most areas.

65

Higher than 73% of sub-region (sa3) areas.

Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.

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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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Mudgeeraba - Tallebudgera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30905/mudgeeraba-tallebudgera/topic/transport