Narangba - Burpengary · Sub-region (SA3)

Transport & Vehicles in Narangba - Burpengary

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

Just 3.8% of homes in Narangba - Burpengary have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This makes the area highly reliant on cars for daily travel. Most households own multiple vehicles, while public transport use remains low.

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📍 Narangba - Burpengary, Sub-region (SA3)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are common here, with 37.6% of homes owning two vehicles and 11.8% having four or more. The proportion of homes without a car has fallen slightly since 2011 to 3.8%, which is much lower than most other areas.

3.8% ▼ -19.1%

Lower than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.

  • 2011: 4.6%
  • 2016: 3.8%
  • 2021: 3.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Narangba - Burpengary, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, with 62.6% as the driver. While 12.2% now work from home—a rise of 8.4 points since 2011—this is still well below the national figure of 21.0%. Only 2.6% of workers use public transport.

12.2% ▲ +221.8%

Lower than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 4.2%
  • 2021: 12.2%

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

2.6% ▼ -48.0%

Higher than 59% of sub-region (sa3) areas.

  • 2011: 5.0%
  • 2016: 4.4%
  • 2021: 2.6%

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 Narangba - Burpengary, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 15%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport access is far below the Queensland average, with only 1.66 stops per 1,000 people. This is reflected in the low frequency of services, as weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.

1.66

Lower than 88% 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).

344.2

Lower than 66% 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.

It takes 36 minutes to drive to the city, which is around the middle for similar areas. However, the 32-minute walk to the nearest stop is much higher than in most other areas.

32

Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) 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.

36

Higher than 58% 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 Narangba - Burpengary [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31304/narangba-burpengary/topic/transport