Bucasia · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Bucasia

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

Far fewer people live without a car in Bucasia than in most of Queensland or Australia. Most households have at least two vehicles, making the area heavily reliant on private transport. This is reflected in the way people get to work, with very few working from home compared to national figures.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost 45% of homes have two vehicles, and very few households get by without a car. Only 2.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the 5.8% seen across Queensland.

2.1% ▼ -15.9%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 3.3%
  • 2021: 2.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Bucasia, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 70.8% of people as the driver. Only 3.8% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.

3.8% ▲ +38.9%

Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7%
  • 2016: 2.7%
  • 2021: 3.8%

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

2.1% ▼ -39.3%

Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.5%
  • 2016: 3.2%
  • 2021: 2.1%

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 Bucasia, Car (driver) is the majority at 84%; Car (passenger) is next at 7%.

Public transport access

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

Bucasia has 18 public transport stops, which is more than about 87% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.

3.66

Higher than 72% 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).

179.5

Higher than 72% 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 a typical resident about 12 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for its level.

12

Lower than 51% 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.

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 Bucasia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30402/bucasia/topic/transport