Burrum River · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Burrum River

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

A shift towards flexible work is evident in Burrum River, where nearly a quarter of the workforce now works from home. This trend is far above the Queensland figure, reflecting a community where cars are essential and public transport is almost entirely absent.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Burrum River has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. Most households own multiple cars, with 40.2% having two and 26.4% having three.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3%
  • 2016: 3.3%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Burrum River, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (28%) and 1 vehicle (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Private cars are the main way to get to work for 62.3% of residents, while 24.6% work from home. This remote work rate is far above the Queensland average, and no one here commutes by public transport.

24.6% ▲ +256.6%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.9%
  • 2016: 20.8%
  • 2021: 24.6%

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

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Burrum River, Car (driver) is the majority at 64%; Worked at home is next at 25%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means access to transit is far below the Queensland average, with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people.

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Lower than 99% 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).

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Lower than 99% 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Burrum River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30456/burrum-river/topic/transport