Bundaberg · Urban Area

Transport & Vehicles in Bundaberg

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

Fewer households without cars and a drop in public transport use highlight shifting travel patterns in Bundaberg since 2011. Most residents rely heavily on private vehicles, with only 0.5% of workers using public transport to get to their jobs.

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📍 Bundaberg, Urban Area

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is common, with 35.2% of homes having two vehicles and 12% having three. While 6.9% of homes have no motor vehicle—which is higher than most areas—this figure has fallen by 2.5 percentage points since 2011.

6.9% ▼ -26.3%

Higher than 66% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 9.3%
  • 2016: 7.5%
  • 2021: 6.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Bundaberg splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the dominant way to travel, with 72.3% of workers being the driver and 6.7% the passenger. Only 4.8% of people work from home, a figure that is far below the national average and much lower than most other areas.

4.8% ▲ +28.3%

Lower than 80% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 3.7%
  • 2016: 3.7%
  • 2021: 4.8%

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

0.5% ▼ -72.8%

Lower than 55% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 1.9%
  • 2021: 0.5%

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 Bundaberg, Car (driver) is the majority at 83%; Car (passenger) is next at 8%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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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/sua/3003/bundaberg/topic/transport