Buccan · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Buccan

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

Not a single home in Buccan lacks a motor vehicle, making it a place where car ownership is universal. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in the way people travel, with the vast majority of residents driving themselves to work.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own multiple cars, and 27% have four or more. The 0% of homes without a vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.9%
  • 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 Buccan, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 4 or more (27%) and 3 vehicles (25%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 63.2% of residents. Those who work from home make up 13.6% of the workforce, which is well below the Australian figure of 21%.

13.6% ▲ +125.3%

Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.0%
  • 2016: 6.4%
  • 2021: 13.6%

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

1.1% ▼ -30.2%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.6%
  • 2016: 1.2%
  • 2021: 1.1%

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 Buccan, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Worked at home is next at 16%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is virtually non-existent here, with no stops or routes available. This means there are no people reachable by transit within 45 minutes, and the number of stops is far below the Queensland average.

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).

0

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is almost entirely dependent on cars, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 39 minutes. This is higher than most areas, while the drive time to the city is 49 minutes.

39

Higher than 73% 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.

49

Lower than 62% 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)).
  • Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
  • 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 Buccan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30404/buccan/topic/transport