Biggenden · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Biggenden

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

Far fewer people work from home in Biggenden than in the rest of the country. While 21% of Australians now work from their own house, only 9.6% do so here. This reliance on physical workplaces is mirrored by a total absence of public transport options for the community.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost 7% of homes in Biggenden have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. For those who do own cars, the most common arrangement is a single vehicle, found in 46.3% of households.

6.9% ▼ -42.5%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.9%
  • 2016: 8.0%
  • 2021: 6.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Biggenden, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (8%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one in Biggenden uses public transport to get to work, a figure well below the national average of 3.1%. Instead, the vast majority rely on cars, with 59.4% driving themselves and 7.6% travelling as passengers.

9.6% ▲ +16.3%

Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.3%
  • 2016: 9.9%
  • 2021: 9.6%

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

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.3%
  • 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 Biggenden, Car (driver) is the majority at 69%; Walked is next at 11%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport routes or stops in the area. With zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, access is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.

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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Biggenden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30248/biggenden/topic/transport