Bongeen · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Bongeen

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

A drive time of 119 minutes to the city defines the remoteness of Bongeen. In this isolated area, there is no public transport available, meaning residents rely almost entirely on cars or working from home to stay connected.

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📍 Bongeen, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 38%, ahead of 1 vehicle (23%).

Motor vehicles per home

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In Bongeen, 2 vehicles is the majority at 63%; 1 vehicle is next at 38%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most workers drive, with 70.4% as the driver and 0% using public transport. About 18.5% of people work from home, a figure that is well above the Queensland average.

18.5% ▼ -64.4%

Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 52.0%
  • 2016: 35.3%
  • 2021: 18.5%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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 Bongeen, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 21%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This leaves the community far below the state average for service access, with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city is a major trek, with a typical drive time of 119 minutes. This is much higher than most other areas.

119

Higher than 80% 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 Bongeen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30310/bongeen/topic/transport