Beerburrum · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Beerburrum

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

More people have access to public transport stops in Beerburrum than in most similar areas, though cars remain the primary way to get around. Most households own at least one vehicle, and the typical person spends 47 minutes driving to the city.

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📍 Beerburrum, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home here has a car, with 37.1% owning one and 34.2% owning two. Only 2.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.

2.9% ▼ -45.9%

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.4%
  • 2016: 3.1%
  • 2021: 2.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Beerburrum splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 59.1% of residents. While 13.9% work from home, only 1.0% use public transport, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%.

13.9% ▲ +59.2%

Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.7%
  • 2016: 8.8%
  • 2021: 13.9%

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

1.0% ▼ -60.9%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 3.1%
  • 2021: 1.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Beerburrum, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

Public transport access

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

The area has 25 public transport routes and 3 stops, which is more than 74% of similar areas. Most of these services are trains, but the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.

3.19

Higher than 70% 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).

312.4

Higher than 75% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes about 54 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is much higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is 47 minutes, which is lower than in most similar places.

54

Higher than 82% 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.

47

Lower than 63% 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)).
  • 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 Beerburrum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30203/beerburrum/topic/transport