15.5% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bundaberg South · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bundaberg South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Two-thirds of working residents in Bundaberg South drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars. While the area has more transport stops than most similar places, far more households here live without a vehicle than is typical for Queensland or Australia.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
A striking 15.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the 5.8% seen across Queensland. Most households do own a car, with 45.3% owning one and 26.9% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bundaberg South, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and No vehicle (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very uncommon here, at just 2.3%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%. This is consistent with the fact that 80.4% of people commute by car, either as a driver or passenger.
2.3% ▼ -23.6%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -82.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 8 public transport stops and 7 routes, which is more than about 80% of similar places. However, there are only 200.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.
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.
2.29
Higher than 66% 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).
200.3
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).
7
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.
Getting to a nearby stop is very easy, with a typical walking time of just 1 minute, which is much lower than most other areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30423/bundaberg-south/topic/transport