4.2% ▼ -23.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Burleigh Waters · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Burleigh Waters
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer households lack a car in Burleigh Waters than in most other Australian areas. This reliance on personal vehicles is a key feature of the suburb, where only 4.2% of homes are without a motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 41.7% of households owning two vehicles. The 4.2% of homes without a car is a little below the Queensland figure and well below the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Burleigh Waters, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 63.2% of residents. While 15.3% work from home, only 1% use public transport, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
15.3% ▲ +249.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -61.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Public transport options are mostly buses, with 56 stops and 5 routes serving the area. This provides more stops per 1,000 people than the Queensland average, though weekly departures are a little below that state figure.
56
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.
3.85
Higher than 73% 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).
617.7
Higher than 81% 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).
5
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.
Residents have very easy access to transport, with the walk to the nearest stop being among the lowest for similar areas. The drive time to the city is about 55 minutes.
0
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.
55
Lower than 59% 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 Burleigh Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30446/burleigh-waters/topic/transport