Bergen · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Bergen

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

A total reliance on cars defines daily life in Bergen, where not a single home lacks a motor vehicle. This is a place where residents must drive for almost every trip, reflected by the fact that nearly 78% of workers commute by car.

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📍 Bergen, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home in Bergen has at least one vehicle, which is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia. Most households are well-equipped, with 34.5% owning two vehicles and 17.2% owning three.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Bergen, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (23%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Getting to work is almost exclusively done by car, as 0% of the population uses public transport. Working from home is less common here than in most other areas, at 13.3%, which is well below the national figure.

13.3%

Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 8.1%
  • 2021: 13.3%

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

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Bergen, Car (driver) is the majority at 85%; Worked at home is next at 15%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is non-existent in the area, with zero stops and zero routes. This lack of infrastructure means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland average.

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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).

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Reaching the city is a significant journey from Bergen, with a typical drive time of 118 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

118

Higher than 79% 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 Bergen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30239/bergen/topic/transport