41.4% ▲ +55.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bundaberg Central · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bundaberg Central
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher share of homes lack a car in Bundaberg Central compared to the rest of the state. This is a highly accessible area where about 41% of households do not own a vehicle, which is much higher than the 7.4% national figure. This trend is linked to the area's exceptional public transport and walking options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 41.4% of homes here have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the Queensland rate of 5.8%. For those who do own cars, 37.9% have one vehicle and 31% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bundaberg Central splits fairly evenly between No vehicle (32%) and 1 vehicle (30%), with 2 vehicles at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used by 8.1% of workers, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. Conversely, only 5.4% of people work from home, a rate far below the Australian average of 21%.
5.4% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.1% ▼ -82.5%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.3%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 8.1%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 61.73 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Queensland figure of 2.99. This access is provided by 12 bus routes and 10 stops, with weekly departures that are far above the state average.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
61.73
Higher 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).
16,234.6
Higher 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).
12
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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes typically only 2 minutes, which is much lower than most other areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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 Bundaberg Central [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30420/bundaberg-central/topic/transport