22.3% ▼ -27.5%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bamaga · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bamaga
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the workforce in Bamaga drive themselves to work. This is a place where many people get around on foot or by car, though 22.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 22.3% of households in Bamaga do not own a motor vehicle, a rate far above both the Queensland and Australian figures. Most homes that do have cars own just one, while 25.6% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bamaga, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (25%) and No vehicle (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a common way to get to work for 20.5% of residents. Very few people work from home at 2.1%, which is far below the national figure, and only 0.7% use public transport.
2.1% ▲ +162.1%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▲ —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Bamaga. This means access to services is far below the Queensland average, with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 suburb / locality 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 suburb / locality 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 suburb / locality 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 Bamaga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30135/bamaga/topic/transport