4.4% ▼ -26.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Buderim · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Buderim
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people use public transport in Buderim than across the state, with only 0.7% of workers commuting this way. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around, though the area has more transport stops than many similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 40.6% owning two. Only 4.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Buderim, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 62.1% of people. Around 16.8% work from home, a figure that is a little above the Queensland average but well below the national one.
16.8% ▲ +136.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -45.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Buderim has 78 public transport stops and 6 routes, which is more than about 89% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.
78
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.48
Higher than 67% 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).
356.7
Higher than 76% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical walk to the nearest stop takes about 7 minutes. The drive time to the city is 65 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
65
Lower than 53% 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 Buderim [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30408/buderim/topic/transport