10.3% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bundaberg East · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bundaberg East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More homes lack a car in Bundaberg East than in most similar areas, with 10.3% of households having no motor vehicle. This is well above the Queensland figure, although the vast majority of residents still rely on cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the national figure of 7.4%. For those who do own cars, 41.1% have one vehicle and 31.4% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bundaberg East, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here, at just 3.8%, which is far below the 21% national figure. Most people commute by car, with 72% driving themselves to work.
3.8% ▲ +62.1%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -68.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
While the area has more stops and routes than about 80% of similar places, actual service is low. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure, and all services are buses.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.82
Higher than 69% 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).
194.8
Higher than 73% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
It takes about 8 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
8
Lower than 57% 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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30421/bundaberg-east/topic/transport