4.8% ▼ -34.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Burnside · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Burnside
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 71% of workers in Burnside drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. This reliance on private transport is mirrored in the home, where 42% of households keep two vehicles. While public transport options are available, they are rarely used by the local workforce.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 42.1% owning two and 15.8% owning three. Only 4.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Burnside, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.8%. This is matched by a low rate of working from home, with 8.8% of people doing so, which is far below the national figure.
8.8% ▲ +122.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Burnside has 11 public transport stops and two routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland average.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.54
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).
427.8
Higher than 77% 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.
A typical trip to the city takes about 75 minutes. The walk to the nearest public transport stop usually takes around 16 minutes.
16
Higher than 54% 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.
75
Higher than 53% 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 Burnside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30450/burnside/topic/transport