1.1% ▲ —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Burua · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Burua
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Burua has a car, with only 1.1% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, reflecting a heavy reliance on private transport in this rural area. Most residents depend on their own cars to get around and reach work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, as 44.2% of homes have two vehicles and 15.8% have four or more. Very few households get by without a car, which is a much lower rate than seen across Queensland.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Burua, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 1 vehicle (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 68.4% of residents. Very few people work from home at 5.3%, a figure far below the Australian average of 21%, and only 0.7% use public transport.
5.3% ▲ +47.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Burua. This means access to services is far below the Queensland average, with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0.0
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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Burua [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30459/burua/topic/transport