4.6% ▼ -29.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Burnett Heads · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Burnett Heads
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people use public transport in Burnett Heads, though the area has a high number of stops compared to similar places. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around, with 71.7% of workers driving themselves to work. This creates a transport landscape where infrastructure exists, but personal vehicles remain the primary choice.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 39.2% of households own two vehicles. Only 4.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Burnett Heads splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 7.2% of people doing so. No one in the area commutes using public transport, which is well below the national figure.
7.2% ▲ +86.5%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
While there are 15 bus stops and 5.16 stops per 1,000 people—far above the Queensland average—the service is infrequent. Weekly departures are far below the state figure, with only 150.6 trips per 1,000 people.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.16
Higher than 78% 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).
150.6
Higher than 72% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 17 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
17
Higher than 56% 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 Burnett Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30449/burnett-heads/topic/transport