8.6% ▲ +69.8%
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bundaberg · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Bundaberg
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More homes in Bundaberg are now without a car than in 2011, with the number rising to 8.6%. While car travel remains the dominant way to get around, the area has very few people working from home and a low reliance on public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.6% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure. Most households rely on one or two cars, though 11.3% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bundaberg, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far below the national figure at just 3.8%, and this trend has fallen since 2011. Car travel is the primary choice, with 72.6% of people driving themselves to work.
3.8% ▼ -43.0%
Lower than 97% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -54.3%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 is almost exclusively buses, but weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure. The area has 199 stops and 13 routes, which is smaller than about 80% of similar areas.
199
Lower than 67% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.94
Lower than 64% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
228.0
Lower than 83% of state electorate 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).
13
Lower than 81% of state electorate 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bundaberg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30009/bundaberg/topic/transport