3.5% ▼ -28.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bardon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bardon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Bardon than in the rest of Queensland, with 32.4% of the workforce avoiding a daily commute. This preference for remote work sits alongside an area with excellent transit links and a very short 9-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 44.4% have two. Only 3.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bardon, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A striking 32.4% of people work from home, which is far above the national figure of 21%. Those who do commute are more likely to use public transport than the state average, with 5% making that choice.
32.4% ▲ +373.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.0% ▼ -61.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 is highly accessible, with 9.16 stops per 1,000 people—far above the Queensland average of 2.99. The area is served by 13 bus routes and 93 stops, allowing 114,001 people to be reached within 45 minutes by transit.
93
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.16
Higher than 87% 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).
1,608.8
Higher than 90% 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).
13
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
22,540
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
114,001
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
34
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is easy for residents, with a typical 2-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is just 9 minutes, among the lowest for similar areas.
2
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality 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.
9
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Bardon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30154/bardon/topic/transport