2.7% ▼ -52.4%
Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Burnett · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Burnett
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people rely on public transport in Burnett compared to the state or national average. Most residents depend on their own cars to get around, with only 0.8% of workers using public transit for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 97.3% of homes owning at least one motor vehicle. Only 2.7% of households have no vehicle, a figure that is well below the Queensland average and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Burnett, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 66.9% of people as the driver. Only 8.9% of residents work from home, which is far below the national figure, and just 0.8% use public transport.
8.9% ▲ +79.6%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -46.4%
Lower than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 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.
Public transport options are very limited, with only 4 routes and 97 stops serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure, and the only available mode is the bus.
97
Lower than 84% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.94
Lower than 90% 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).
70.3
Lower than 94% 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).
4
Lower than 94% 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 Burnett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30013/burnett/topic/transport