Bundaberg North · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Bundaberg North

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

Almost 1 in 10 homes in Bundaberg North have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most other areas. This makes the suburb stand out from the rest of Queensland, where fewer people rely on alternatives to owning a car.

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📍 Bundaberg North, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households have at least one car, with 45.7% owning one and 28.6% owning two. However, the 9.4% of homes without any vehicle is well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%.

9.4% ▼ -5.3%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.9%
  • 2016: 8.9%
  • 2021: 9.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Bundaberg North, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and 3 vehicles (10%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work, with 71.2% of people as the driver. Very few people work from home at 4.5%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.

4.5% ▲ +76.6%

Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 2.7%
  • 2021: 4.5%

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

0.3% ▼ -72.1%

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.1%
  • 2016: 0.9%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Bundaberg North, Car (driver) is the majority at 82%; Car (passenger) is next at 10%.

Public transport access

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

The area has 20 stops and two bus routes, which is more than most similar areas. Despite this, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland average.

3.60

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).

78.4

Higher than 66% 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 about 18 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for areas of this type.

18

Higher 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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30422/bundaberg-north/topic/transport